Glendale vs South Milwaukee

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

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

South Milwaukee has the higher population (20,547 vs 13,134 in Glendale). Glendale has the higher median household income ($77,096 vs $70,146 in South Milwaukee). Glendale has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $216,400 in South Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
Population	13,134	20,547
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,096	$70,146
Median home value	$260,300	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,014
Housing units	6,085	9,150
Homeownership rate	69.3%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
Population	12,943 → 13,134 (+1.5%)	20,957 → 20,547 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$77,584 → $77,096 (-0.6%)	$52,678 → $70,146 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$220,900 → $260,300 (+17.8%)	$162,000 → $216,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,354 (+26.0%)	$838 → $1,014 (+21.0%)

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

South Milwaukee

Population

20,95720,547

Median household income

$52,678$70,146

Median home value

$162,000$216,400

Median gross rent

$838$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
Under 5	4.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	12.3%
75 and over	10.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	78.4%
Black or African American	15.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	6.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	12.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
Drove alone	68.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.4%
Public transit	2.4%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	22.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	60.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	11.7%
20 or more units	25.8%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	South Milwaukee
Poverty rate	11.2%	12.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1965	1957