Glendale vs Santa Clarita

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

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

Santa Clarita has the higher population (229,021 vs 192,270 in Glendale). Santa Clarita has the higher median household income ($119,926 vs $84,262 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median home value ($1,043,900 vs $721,000 in Santa Clarita).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
Population	192,270	229,021
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,262	$119,926
Median home value	$1,043,900	$721,000
Median gross rent	$2,095	$2,486
Housing units	78,451	77,808
Homeownership rate	35.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
Population	200,232 → 192,270 (-4.0%)	213,411 → 229,021 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$66,130 → $84,262 (+27.4%)	$99,666 → $119,926 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$769,900 → $1,043,900 (+35.6%)	$537,000 → $721,000 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,622 → $2,095 (+29.2%)	$1,895 → $2,486 (+31.2%)

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

Santa Clarita

Population

213,411229,021

Median household income

$99,666$119,926

Median home value

$537,000$721,000

Median gross rent

$1,895$2,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
Under 5	5.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.0%
75 and over	8.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
White (non-Hispanic)	62.3%	43.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.2%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
No high school diploma	11.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	20.7%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
Drove alone	68.7%	70.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.9%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.7%	16.2%
Other means	2.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
1-unit, detached	33.0%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	11.1%
20 or more units	25.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Santa Clarita
Poverty rate	13.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.60	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1965	1987