Glendale is a very small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 4,496 people and two associated neighborhoods, Glendale is the 95th largest community in Colorado. Glendale home prices are not only among the most expensive in Colorado, but Glendale real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Glendale is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.03% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glendale is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glendale who work in office and administrative support (15.18%), business and financial occupations (14.68%), and management occupations (14.52%). Also of interest is that Glendale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Glendale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.11% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Even though Glendale is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.If knowledge is power, Glendale is a pretty powerful place. 50.23% of the adults in Glendale have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Glendale in 2022 was $48,200, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,800 for a family of four. However, Glendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glendale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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. Glendale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glendale include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Glendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
