Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Denver draws about half of Glendale’s working residents
The two grades for Glendale are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 13.2 in Denver. Only 4% work in Glendale; the top destination outside it is Denver (47%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Glendale at work: what stands out
Glendale fills up on a workday
Glendale has 10,063 jobs, 4.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 12,000 people are in town, more than double the 4,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Glendale works in Denver
1,184 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Denver, 5 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Glendale itself. The commute map ↓
Most Glendale residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
A young workforce
36% of Glendale’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Glendale’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glendale is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #77 of 159 in Colorado. Job access by car holds Glendale’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glendale could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who works in Glendale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,413 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 9,973 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Glendale on a workday afternoon, 169% more than live here.
4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Glendale
Where Glendale clocks in
47% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Glendale’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
71% of the jobs in Glendale pay over $3,333 a month
10,063 jobs are based in Glendale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 10,560 → 10,063. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Glendale spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glendale workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,916 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Glendale is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glendale is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #25 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,596 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 77% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Glendale households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Glendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Glendale places 1,268th of 4,000 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 44 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,266 | Santa Ynez CA | 4,467 | $111K | 13.0% | 0.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Shannon Hills AR | 4,829 | $71K | 3.9% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Glendale CO | 4,475 | $71K | 16.1% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Dawsonville GA | 4,888 | $91K | 7.4% | 2.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,270 | Williams Township MI | 5,032 | $87K | 12.5% | 1.4% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Glendale, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Glendale: questions
What is the median household income in Glendale?
$71,250 (±$10,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glendale?
16.1%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glendale?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glendale work?
4% work in town.
Is Glendale walkable?
Glendale is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 17.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glendale without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 77% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glendale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.