Glendale vs Scottsdale

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

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

Glendale has the higher population (250,193 vs 242,169 in Scottsdale). Scottsdale has the higher median household income ($107,372 vs $70,139 in Glendale). Scottsdale has the higher median home value ($709,900 vs $347,000 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Scottsdale
Population	250,193	242,169
Median age	34.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,139	$107,372
Median home value	$347,000	$709,900
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,910
Housing units	91,847	138,422
Homeownership rate	57.6%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	61.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Scottsdale
Population	247,813 → 250,193 (+1.0%)	250,602 → 242,169 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$55,020 → $70,139 (+27.5%)	$88,213 → $107,372 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $347,000 (+61.6%)	$475,300 → $709,900 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,397 (+40.1%)	$1,365 → $1,910 (+39.9%)

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

Scottsdale

Population

250,602242,169

Median household income

$88,213$107,372

Median home value

$475,300$709,900

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Scottsdale
Under 5	6.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.8%
75 and over	5.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Scottsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	78.7%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.7%
Asian	4.0%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Scottsdale
No high school diploma	15.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.7%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Scottsdale
Drove alone	68.7%	62.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.1%	29.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Scottsdale
1-unit, detached	59.3%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	12.9%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Scottsdale
Poverty rate	16.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1986	1990