Glendale vs Palmdale

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

Glendale and Palmdale 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 165,487 in Palmdale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($84,262 vs $81,151 in Palmdale). Glendale has the higher median home value ($1,043,900 vs $435,300 in Palmdale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Palmdale
Population	192,270	165,487
Median age	41.4 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,262	$81,151
Median home value	$1,043,900	$435,300
Median gross rent	$2,095	$1,736
Housing units	78,451	48,505
Homeownership rate	35.3%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Palmdale
Population	200,232 → 192,270 (-4.0%)	156,293 → 165,487 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$66,130 → $84,262 (+27.4%)	$62,865 → $81,151 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$769,900 → $1,043,900 (+35.6%)	$280,000 → $435,300 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $2,095 (+29.2%)	$1,319 → $1,736 (+31.6%)

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

Palmdale

Population

156,293165,487

Median household income

$62,865$81,151

Median home value

$280,000$435,300

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Palmdale
Under 5	5.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.0%
75 and over	8.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Palmdale
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	17.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	13.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	62.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Palmdale
No high school diploma	11.0%	23.0%
High school graduate	20.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Palmdale
Drove alone	68.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	13.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.3%
Walked	2.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	8.2%
Other means	2.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Palmdale
1-unit, detached	33.0%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	25.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Palmdale
Poverty rate	13.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.60	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1965	1989