City in Arizona
Glendale, AZ
City in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
- Population
- 258,143 (2024)
- Density
- 3,837 / sq mi
- Land area
- 67.3 sq mi
- Water area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,152 ft
- Founded
- 1887
- Coordinates
- 33.5331, -112.1899
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Photos of Glendale
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Trends
$997 / mo$1,397 / mo
$55,020$70,139
$214,700$347,000
18.2%16.2%
5.8%5.3%
11273
20138
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Glendale ranks
- #48 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 48.4
- #65 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 42.8
- #73 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 33.5
- #75 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 22.1
- #82 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 29.8
- #83 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 18.0
- #90 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 6.9
- #94 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 28.8
Local facts
- Median household income
- $70,139
- Median rent
- $1,397 / mo
- Median home value
- $347,000
- Median age
- 34.5
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 23.5%
- Poverty rate
- 16.2%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 42.4%
Public schools
Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.
- Public schools
- 99
- Students enrolled
- 59,937
- Students per teacher
- 19.3 : 1
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 53.0%
- Charter schools
- 23.2%
- School districts serving the city
- 29
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Districts: Deer Valley Unified District (4246), Peoria Unified School District (4237), West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923), Glendale Elementary District (4271), Glendale Union High School District (4285)
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 33.2%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 24.7%
- Adults with diabetes
- 11.3%
- Adults who smoke
- 13.5%
- Frequent mental distress
- 16.8%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 37.8%
- Adults without health insurance
- 18.0%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 71.4%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 72.2%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 4.9%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 13.0
- Median air quality index (county)
- 73
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 38
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 86.3%
- Households with no internet
- 8.5%
- Average commute
- 28.0 min
- Work from home
- 13.1%
- Commute by transit
- 1.7%
- Commute on foot
- 1.3%
- Commute by bike
- 0.3%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Maricopa County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 10 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Heat wave: very high
- Riverine flooding: very high
- Wildfire: relatively high
- Hail: very high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
ZIP codes
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