GlendalePA
A town of 1,408 in Pennsylvania.
Is Glendale a good place to live?
Glendale’s median age is 54.8 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Among 1,036 Pennsylvania towns, just 8 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Glendale. We don’t grade Glendale yet; the figures below are still real.
1,408 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Acrisure Stadium and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glendale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
5 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
6 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
6 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
12 mi Theme parkKennywood
5 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Glendale: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Glendale, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Glendale.
Fewer children than Pennsylvania overall
29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania. Children under 18 are 2% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 28% of residents (20% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 35% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Glendale’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Glendale | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 1.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
Glendale has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs based in Glendale grew to 385 in 2023, 112 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (26%), Scott Township (8%) and Collier Township (5%). For Glendale, the average trip to work is 28 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles.
| Glendale | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Glendale’s year
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 44 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Glendale faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
83% of Glendale’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 10%. On expected storm and flood damage, Glendale sits below just over three fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Glendale, 0.8% of the land is conserved
Parks and preserves in Glendale: 2, covering 2 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gregg Street Park | — | 1 |
| 2. Sampson Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Glendale
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Glendale
About 0 of every 100 Glendale residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
99% of working residents leave Glendale for work
Where Glendale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Glendale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Glendale, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Glendale yet; the figures below are still real.