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Glendale, CA
187,823 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0630000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (40 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Glendale ranked #216 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 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: Garden Grove CA, Anaheim CA, Irving TX, Escondido CA, Hayward CA, Costa Mesa CA, Pomona CA, Chula Vista CA, Oxnard CA, Oceanside CA, Ontario CA, Fullerton CA, Norwalk 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 | #216 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #278 | #120 | #67 | #154 | #183 | #319 | #268 | #292 | #109 | #295 | #188 | #112 | #195 | #213 | #224 | #92 | #329 | #319 | #216 | #274 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 195,468 | 193,557 | 191,879 | 191,654 | 191,782 | 191,720 | 192,656 | 193,859 | 195,318 | 198,232 | 199,197 | 200,118 | 201,804 | 200,688 | 199,303 | 195,947 | 191,974 | 189,699 | 188,283 | 187,823 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #300 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -1.1 | -0.8 | — | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.3 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #124 of 303 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2022 | — | — | 3.2 | — | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | — | 0.9 | 4.9 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #310 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 24.6% | 26.0% | 26.6% | 25.6% | 29.8% | 28.9% | 30.2% | 29.1% | 30.8% | 30.8% | 28.0% | 27.5% | 31.6% | 29.3% | 30.2% | — | 28.6% | 31.1% | 30.7% | 29.9% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #64 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 9.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | — | — | — | 0.5 | — | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | — | 1.1 | 2.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #32 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.6 | 15.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 87,426 | 89,883 | 97,276 | 98,360 | 95,483 | 93,828 | 96,218 | 91,805 | 96,383 | 97,648 | 101,300 | 106,555 | 107,561 | 109,001 | 111,988 | 105,814 | 103,314 | 108,508 | 109,520 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #194 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.3 | +1.7 | +7.0 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -3.3 | +1.5 | -4.6 | +2.3 | -0.9 | +1.8 | +1.9 | +0.2 | -0.4 | +0.9 | +1.1 | -2.3 | -2.3 | -0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85,463 | 86,817 | 91,864 | 96,514 | 97,936 | 97,612 | 97,287 | 97,641 | 100,968 | — | 90,715 | 91,391 | 93,484 | 94,605 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #286 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.7% | 10.2% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.3% | 9.4% | 5.4% | 6.2% | 5.4% | — | 8.8% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 6.8% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #282 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 7 in its peer group with data | 22% | 22% | 27% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 20% | -0% | 9% | 3% | -1% | -3% | 2% | -5% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #116 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 7 in its peer group with data | $1,926 | $1,840 | $1,894 | $2,600 | $2,654 | $2,787 | $2,745 | $2,273 | $2,689 | $2,781 | $2,671 | $1,769 | $2,426 | $1,933 | $1,651 | $1,591 | $1,478 | $1,319 | $1,210 | $2,101 |
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.