Glendale vs Greendale

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

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

Greendale has the higher population (14,656 vs 13,134 in Glendale). Greendale has the higher median household income ($95,015 vs $77,096 in Glendale). Greendale has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $260,300 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Greendale
Population	13,134	14,656
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,096	$95,015
Median home value	$260,300	$289,600
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,177
Housing units	6,085	6,073
Homeownership rate	69.3%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Greendale
Population	12,943 → 13,134 (+1.5%)	14,176 → 14,656 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$77,584 → $77,096 (-0.6%)	$71,786 → $95,015 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$220,900 → $260,300 (+17.8%)	$216,800 → $289,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,354 (+26.0%)	$955 → $1,177 (+23.2%)

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

Greendale

Population

14,17614,656

Median household income

$71,786$95,015

Median home value

$216,800$289,600

Median gross rent

$955$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Greendale
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	8.1%
75 and over	10.2%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Greendale
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	15.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Greendale
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	12.3%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Greendale
Drove alone	68.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	14.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Greendale
1-unit, detached	60.5%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	8.6%
20 or more units	25.8%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Greendale
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1965	1967