Glendale vs Long Beach

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

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

Long Beach has the higher population (458,491 vs 192,270 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($84,262 vs $83,969 in Long Beach). Glendale has the higher median home value ($1,043,900 vs $762,200 in Long Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Long Beach
Population	192,270	458,491
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,262	$83,969
Median home value	$1,043,900	$762,200
Median gross rent	$2,095	$1,803
Housing units	78,451	181,469
Homeownership rate	35.3%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Long Beach
Population	200,232 → 192,270 (-4.0%)	466,776 → 458,491 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$66,130 → $84,262 (+27.4%)	$63,017 → $83,969 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$769,900 → $1,043,900 (+35.6%)	$556,100 → $762,200 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $2,095 (+29.2%)	$1,324 → $1,803 (+36.2%)

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

Long Beach

Population

466,776458,491

Median household income

$63,017$83,969

Median home value

$556,100$762,200

Median gross rent

$1,324$1,803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Long Beach
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.2%
75 and over	8.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Long Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	27.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.2%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	43.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Long Beach
No high school diploma	11.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	20.7%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Long Beach
Drove alone	68.7%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.6%
Public transit	2.1%	3.9%
Walked	2.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.7%	14.4%
Other means	2.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Long Beach
1-unit, detached	33.0%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	21.8%
20 or more units	25.0%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Long Beach
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1965	1958