Glendale is a large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 253,855 people and 55 associated neighborhoods, Glendale is the sixth largest community in Arizona.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Glendale is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glendale is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Glendale who work in office and administrative support (13.89%), sales jobs (10.03%), and management occupations (8.46%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.31% 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. The citizens of Glendale are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.64% of adults in Glendale having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Glendale in 2022 was $30,316, which is middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,264 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 40.39% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glendale include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. In addition, Glendale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.76%). The most common language spoken in Glendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
