Glendale vs Tempe

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

Glendale and Tempe 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 186,419 in Tempe). Tempe has the higher median household income ($77,643 vs $70,139 in Glendale). Tempe has the higher median home value ($421,900 vs $347,000 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Tempe
Population	250,193	186,419
Median age	34.5 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,139	$77,643
Median home value	$347,000	$421,900
Median gross rent	$1,397	$1,623
Housing units	91,847	84,664
Homeownership rate	57.6%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Tempe
Population	247,813 → 250,193 (+1.0%)	187,454 → 186,419 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$55,020 → $70,139 (+27.5%)	$57,994 → $77,643 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$214,700 → $347,000 (+61.6%)	$272,900 → $421,900 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,397 (+40.1%)	$1,164 → $1,623 (+39.4%)

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

Tempe

Population

187,454186,419

Median household income

$57,994$77,643

Median home value

$272,900$421,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Tempe
Under 5	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	22.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	23.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.1%
75 and over	5.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Tempe
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	52.4%
Black or African American	6.6%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.7%
Asian	4.0%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Tempe
No high school diploma	15.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Tempe
Drove alone	68.7%	60.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.1%
Public transit	1.6%	3.3%
Walked	1.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	19.4%
Other means	2.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Tempe
1-unit, detached	59.3%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	17.5%
20 or more units	12.9%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Tempe
Poverty rate	16.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1986	1983