Brown Deer vs Glendale

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

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

Glendale has the higher population (13,134 vs 12,615 in Brown Deer). Brown Deer has the higher median household income ($91,567 vs $77,096 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $221,100 in Brown Deer).

Population, income & housing

	Brown Deer	Glendale
Population	12,615	13,134
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,567	$77,096
Median home value	$221,100	$260,300
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,354
Housing units	6,187	6,085
Homeownership rate	64.8%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown Deer	Glendale
Population	11,965 → 12,615 (+5.4%)	12,943 → 13,134 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$63,884 → $91,567 (+43.3%)	$77,584 → $77,096 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $221,100 (+32.3%)	$220,900 → $260,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,132 (+16.3%)	$1,075 → $1,354 (+26.0%)

Brown Deer

Population

11,96512,615

Median household income

$63,884$91,567

Median home value

$167,100$221,100

Median gross rent

$973$1,132

Glendale

Population

12,94313,134

Median household income

$77,584$77,096

Median home value

$220,900$260,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown Deer	Glendale
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.9%
75 and over	5.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown Deer	Glendale
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	68.7%
Black or African American	32.6%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown Deer	Glendale
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown Deer	Glendale
Drove alone	72.1%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	2.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.9%	22.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown Deer	Glendale
1-unit, detached	57.4%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	23.5%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brown Deer	Glendale
Poverty rate	8.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1970	1965