Glendale vs Valley Park

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

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

Valley Park has the higher population (6,817 vs 6,111 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($168,750 vs $64,470 in Valley Park). Glendale has the higher median home value ($510,100 vs $232,900 in Valley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Valley Park
Population	6,111	6,817
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$168,750	$64,470
Median home value	$510,100	$232,900
Median gross rent	$1,855	$1,343
Housing units	2,320	3,182
Homeownership rate	95.8%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	86.6%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Valley Park
Population	5,891 → 6,111 (+3.7%)	6,799 → 6,817 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$140,184 → $168,750 (+20.4%)	$56,786 → $64,470 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$414,800 → $510,100 (+23.0%)	$179,700 → $232,900 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,407 → $1,855 (+31.8%)	$998 → $1,343 (+34.6%)

Glendale

Population

5,8916,111

Median household income

$140,184$168,750

Median home value

$414,800$510,100

Median gross rent

$1,407$1,855

Valley Park

Population

6,7996,817

Median household income

$56,786$64,470

Median home value

$179,700$232,900

Median gross rent

$998$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Valley Park
Under 5	8.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	17.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.9%
75 and over	6.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Valley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Valley Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	1.8%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	46.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Valley Park
Drove alone	58.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.2%	18.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Valley Park
1-unit, detached	98.7%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Valley Park
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1951	1990