Photo: User:Bedford · Public domainGlendale has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Glendale A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Glendale has 602 jobs; 1,059 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Glendale is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Glendale in brief
Most Glendale residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Glendale and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Glendale residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Glendale come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Glendale
66% of Glendale residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Glendale pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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 84% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Glendale’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glendale could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The commute from Glendale, by distance
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.
23% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Glendale clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Glendale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 602. 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 a workday changes Glendale
On a workday 1,015 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Glendale on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Glendale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glendale workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 814 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% 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 easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glendale is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 988 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 1.2% of Glendale households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Glendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Glendale ranks 570th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Moulton Township OH | 1,636 | $108K | 1.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 569 | Albany Township PA | 1,723 | $89K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 570 | Glendale OH | 2,285 | $112K | 5.0% | 5.1% | 4% | A− |
| 571 | Germantown Township IL | 2,150 | $97K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 8% | A− |
| 572 | Spencer Brook Township MN | 1,734 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Ohio.
Work next door: 12% of Glendale’s workers
The biggest share goes to Sharonville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glendale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | – | A− | A− | 24 min | $111,932 |
| Sharonville | 5% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $74,649 |
| Springdale | 4% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $67,903 |
| Woodlawn | under 3% | B− | B− | 19 min | $74,833 |
| Evendale | 3% | A+ | B− | 20 min | $148,500 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $73,682 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glendale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$111,932 (±$42,135) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glendale?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glendale?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glendale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (23%, 9 mi), West Chester Township (6%, 5 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glendale walkable?
Glendale is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glendale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% 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.