Glendale is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,807 people and just one neighborhood, Glendale is the 146th largest community in Kentucky. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Glendale, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Glendale, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Glendale’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Glendale does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $107,548.00.
Glendale real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Glendale house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Glendale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.31% of the Glendale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Glendale is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Glendale who work in office and administrative support (14.76%), healthcare suport services (9.91%), and business and financial occupations (7.77%).
There are many members of the armed forces living in Glendale. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
Of important note, Glendale is also a town of artists. Glendale has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Glendale’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.08% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Glendale is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glendale a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Glendale has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glendale’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Glendale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Glendale citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.01% of adults 25 and older in Glendale have a college degree.
The per capita income in Glendale in 2022 was $41,319, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,276 for a family of four.
The people who call Glendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glendale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glendale include Irish, German, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Glendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.3% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Kentucky. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 98.2% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Glendale are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.8%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Glendale, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report English roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.1%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.