Glendale vs Pomona

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

Glendale and Pomona 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 148,391 in Pomona). Glendale has the higher median household income ($84,262 vs $78,869 in Pomona). Glendale has the higher median home value ($1,043,900 vs $569,600 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Pomona
Population	192,270	148,391
Median age	41.4 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,262	$78,869
Median home value	$1,043,900	$569,600
Median gross rent	$2,095	$1,738
Housing units	78,451	43,767
Homeownership rate	35.3%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Pomona
Population	200,232 → 192,270 (-4.0%)	152,209 → 148,391 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$66,130 → $84,262 (+27.4%)	$60,598 → $78,869 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$769,900 → $1,043,900 (+35.6%)	$394,500 → $569,600 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $2,095 (+29.2%)	$1,362 → $1,738 (+27.6%)

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

Pomona

Population

152,209148,391

Median household income

$60,598$78,869

Median home value

$394,500$569,600

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Pomona
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.7%
75 and over	8.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	10.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	13.2%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	71.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Pomona
No high school diploma	11.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	20.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Pomona
Drove alone	68.7%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	14.0%
Public transit	2.1%	1.9%
Walked	2.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.7%	8.8%
Other means	2.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Pomona
1-unit, detached	33.0%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	25.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Pomona
Poverty rate	13.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.60	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1965	1966