Glendale vs Petal

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

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

Petal has the higher population (11,195 vs 1,519 in Glendale). Petal has the higher median household income ($72,845 vs $55,438 in Glendale). Petal has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $113,700 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Petal
Population	1,519	11,195
Median age	47.6 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,438	$72,845
Median home value	$113,700	$161,400
Median gross rent	$863	$958
Housing units	765	4,282
Homeownership rate	67.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Petal
Population	2,155 → 1,519 (-29.5%)	10,584 → 11,195 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$23,145 → $55,438 (+139.5%)	$55,946 → $72,845 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $113,700 (+54.9%)	$141,600 → $161,400 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $863 (-6.6%)	$884 → $958 (+8.4%)

Glendale

Population

2,1551,519

Median household income

$23,145$55,438

Median home value

$73,400$113,700

Median gross rent

$924$863

Petal

Population

10,58411,195

Median household income

$55,946$72,845

Median home value

$141,600$161,400

Median gross rent

$884$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Petal
Under 5	8.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.4%
75 and over	3.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Petal
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	76.8%
Black or African American	49.6%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Petal
No high school diploma	19.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Petal
Drove alone	71.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.4%
Other means	13.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Petal
1-unit, detached	61.3%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Petal
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1982	1975