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Glendale, AZ
258,143 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0427820 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Glendale ranked #158 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Glendale and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Garland TX, Ontario CA, Grand Prairie TX, Jurupa Valley CA, Tempe AZ, Riverside CA, Aurora CO, Arlington TX, Lancaster CA, Palmdale CA, Pasadena CA, Moreno Valley CA, Modesto CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #158 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #118 | #228 | #155 | #252 | #227 | #286 | #178 | #214 | #181 | #207 | #136 | #219 | #206 | #127 | #244 | #219 | #105 | #164 | #158 | #226 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 228,277 | 230,755 | 231,004 | 230,649 | 228,754 | 226,236 | 229,304 | 233,588 | 236,869 | 239,964 | 243,103 | 245,903 | 247,784 | 249,955 | 252,381 | 248,938 | 249,842 | 252,162 | 255,001 | 258,143 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #125 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | +2.4 | +1.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | — | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | -0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #90 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 5.3 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #262 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 18.0% | 18.3% | 20.2% | 18.7% | 20.1% | 21.9% | 19.6% | 21.1% | 24.6% | 22.8% | 22.7% | 21.3% | 21.7% | 21.4% | 22.2% | — | 23.6% | 23.4% | 26.4% | 27.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #187 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 11 in its peer group with data | 8.3 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 9.4 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 9.6 | — | 7.9 | 6.7 | 7.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #209 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 141.2 | 107.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 74,994 | 77,246 | 79,526 | 74,276 | 68,630 | 60,759 | 67,600 | 66,240 | 69,280 | 71,434 | 75,095 | 77,135 | 77,101 | 81,205 | 78,421 | 77,498 | 82,865 | 86,560 | 88,530 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #279 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +4.4 | -2.1 | +1.6 | -5.4 | +0.4 | -10.6 | +8.5 | -3.5 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +1.2 | -0.3 | -2.3 | +1.8 | -6.5 | +0.0 | +4.5 | -0.9 | -2.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 106,406 | 107,227 | 98,365 | 99,300 | 107,158 | 118,856 | 113,687 | 114,590 | 117,482 | — | 118,055 | 125,875 | 122,519 | 132,922 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #232 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 5.1% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.7% | — | 6.9% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 5.7% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #147 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data | 14% | 10% | 20% | 24% | 19% | 23% | 34% | 15% | 24% | 25% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 20% | 14% | 11% | 21% | 29% | 29% | 25% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #156 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | $4,216 | $5,046 | $5,663 | $6,462 | $7,597 | $7,263 | $6,693 | $6,159 | $5,740 | $4,013 | $4,799 | $4,662 | $4,154 | $3,656 | $3,203 | $2,853 | $2,378 | $4,061 | $3,344 | $2,714 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Glendale. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.