Glendale vs Whitefish Bay

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

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

Whitefish Bay has the higher population (14,750 vs 13,134 in Glendale). Whitefish Bay has the higher median household income ($154,255 vs $77,096 in Glendale). Whitefish Bay has the higher median home value ($498,700 vs $260,300 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
Population	13,134	14,750
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,096	$154,255
Median home value	$260,300	$498,700
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,348
Housing units	6,085	5,597
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	81.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
Population	12,943 → 13,134 (+1.5%)	13,972 → 14,750 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$77,584 → $77,096 (-0.6%)	$124,397 → $154,255 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$220,900 → $260,300 (+17.8%)	$387,000 → $498,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,354 (+26.0%)	$1,243 → $1,348 (+8.4%)

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

Whitefish Bay

Population

13,97214,750

Median household income

$124,397$154,255

Median home value

$387,000$498,700

Median gross rent

$1,243$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
Under 5	4.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.6%
75 and over	10.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	81.9%
Black or African American	15.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	12.3%	6.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
Drove alone	68.1%	66.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.2%
Public transit	2.4%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.4%
Worked from home	22.1%	25.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
1-unit, detached	60.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	25.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Whitefish Bay
Poverty rate	11.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1965	1943