Glendale vs Los Angeles

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

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

Los Angeles has the higher population (3,857,897 vs 192,270 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($84,262 vs $80,366 in Los Angeles). Glendale has the higher median home value ($1,043,900 vs $879,500 in Los Angeles).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Los Angeles
Population	192,270	3,857,897
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,262	$80,366
Median home value	$1,043,900	$879,500
Median gross rent	$2,095	$1,879
Housing units	78,451	1,537,034
Homeownership rate	35.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Los Angeles
Population	200,232 → 192,270 (-4.0%)	3,966,936 → 3,857,897 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$66,130 → $84,262 (+27.4%)	$62,142 → $80,366 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$769,900 → $1,043,900 (+35.6%)	$636,900 → $879,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $2,095 (+29.2%)	$1,450 → $1,879 (+29.6%)

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

Los Angeles

Population

3,966,9363,857,897

Median household income

$62,142$80,366

Median home value

$636,900$879,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Los Angeles
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.1%
75 and over	8.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Los Angeles
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	28.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	13.2%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Los Angeles
No high school diploma	11.0%	20.7%
High school graduate	20.7%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Los Angeles
Drove alone	68.7%	61.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.8%
Public transit	2.1%	6.7%
Walked	2.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	18.7%	17.3%
Other means	2.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Los Angeles
1-unit, detached	33.0%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	18.6%
20 or more units	25.0%	29.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Los Angeles
Poverty rate	13.4%	16.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1965	1964