Glendale vs Phoenix

A side-by-side comparison of Glendale and Phoenix: population, income, housing, and more.

Glendale and Phoenix are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Phoenix has the higher population (1,624,832 vs 250,193 in Glendale). Phoenix has the higher median household income ($77,041 vs $70,139 in Glendale). Phoenix has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $347,000 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Phoenix
Population	250,193	1,624,832
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,139	$77,041
Median home value	$347,000	$381,900
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,458
Housing units	91,847	642,867
Homeownership rate	57.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Phoenix
Population	247,813 → 250,193 (+1.0%)	1,633,017 → 1,624,832 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$55,020 → $70,139 (+27.5%)	$57,459 → $77,041 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $347,000 (+61.6%)	$235,400 → $381,900 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,397 (+40.1%)	$1,053 → $1,458 (+38.5%)

Glendale

Population

247,813250,193

Median household income

$55,020$70,139

Median home value

$214,700$347,000

Median gross rent

$997$1,397

Phoenix

Population

1,633,0171,624,832

Median household income

$57,459$77,041

Median home value

$235,400$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,053$1,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Phoenix
Under 5	6.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.4%
75 and over	5.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	41.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.4%
Asian	4.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	41.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Phoenix
No high school diploma	15.5%	15.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Phoenix
Drove alone	68.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.9%
Public transit	1.6%	2.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	16.9%
Other means	2.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	59.3%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	12.9%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Phoenix
Poverty rate	16.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1986	1984