Glenn Heights vs Sunnyvale

A side-by-side comparison of Glenn Heights and Sunnyvale: population, income, housing, and more.

Glenn Heights and Sunnyvale are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glenn Heights has the higher population (17,175 vs 8,069 in Sunnyvale). Sunnyvale has the higher median household income ($157,500 vs $79,739 in Glenn Heights). Sunnyvale has the higher median home value ($540,500 vs $252,200 in Glenn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
Population	17,175	8,069
Median age	34.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,739	$157,500
Median home value	$252,200	$540,500
Median gross rent	$1,544	$1,216
Housing units	5,909	2,722
Homeownership rate	78.8%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
Population	12,802 → 17,175 (+34.2%)	6,484 → 8,069 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$68,739 → $79,739 (+16.0%)	$132,488 → $157,500 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $252,200 (+55.1%)	$380,400 → $540,500 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,544 (+13.4%)	$843 → $1,216 (+44.2%)

Glenn Heights

Population

12,80217,175

Median household income

$68,739$79,739

Median home value

$162,600$252,200

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,544

Sunnyvale

Population

6,4848,069

Median household income

$132,488$157,500

Median home value

$380,400$540,500

Median gross rent

$843$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	22.8%
18 to 24	13.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	4.7%	10.7%
75 and over	2.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	50.7%
Black or African American	43.5%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
No high school diploma	15.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
Drove alone	80.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
1-unit, detached	74.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenn Heights	Sunnyvale
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.9%
Average household size	3.00	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	2000	2006