Glendale vs Lancaster

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

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

Glendale has the higher population (192,270 vs 170,013 in Lancaster). Glendale has the higher median household income ($84,262 vs $76,083 in Lancaster). Glendale has the higher median home value ($1,043,900 vs $409,100 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Lancaster
Population	192,270	170,013
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,262	$76,083
Median home value	$1,043,900	$409,100
Median gross rent	$2,095	$1,696
Housing units	78,451	55,045
Homeownership rate	35.3%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Lancaster
Population	200,232 → 192,270 (-4.0%)	159,028 → 170,013 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$66,130 → $84,262 (+27.4%)	$55,237 → $76,083 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$769,900 → $1,043,900 (+35.6%)	$261,400 → $409,100 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $2,095 (+29.2%)	$1,215 → $1,696 (+39.6%)

Glendale

Population

200,232192,270

Median household income

$66,130$84,262

Median home value

$769,900$1,043,900

Median gross rent

$1,622$2,095

Lancaster

Population

159,028170,013

Median household income

$55,237$76,083

Median home value

$261,400$409,100

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Lancaster
Under 5	5.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.8%
75 and over	8.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	24.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Lancaster
No high school diploma	11.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	20.7%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Lancaster
Drove alone	68.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	11.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.3%
Walked	2.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.7%	9.4%
Other means	2.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	33.0%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	8.2%
20 or more units	25.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Lancaster
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1965	1986