Elderwood · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.2 jobs in Glendale for every working resident, and 13,786 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Glendale B+; getting around on foot earns it A. 14,328 jobs are based in Glendale, and 6,458 of its residents work somewhere. For 26% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Glendale, in a few figures
Glendale and Milwaukee trade workers both ways
Milwaukee is the top workplace for Glendale residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Glendale come from (32% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Glendale is where the jobs are
Glendale has 14,328 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 23,000 people are in town, 53% more than the 15,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Glendale
26% of Glendale workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Most Glendale residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Inside Glendale’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glendale is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #199 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car holds Glendale’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Glendale could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where the people who work in Glendale live
Where Glendale clocks in
37% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
In and out of Glendale on a workday
On a workday 5,916 residents head out to work and 542 work right here.
About 23,000 people are in Glendale on a workday afternoon, 53% more than live here.
2.2 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Glendale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glendale workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,824 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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’s commute, mile by mile
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.
What Glendale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 15,783 → 14,328. 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.
Glendale is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,490 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, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 15.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 7.0% of Glendale households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Glendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Glendale is 932nd of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 46 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 930 | Hernando MS | 18,824 | $77K | 8.8% | 2.5% | 19% | B+ |
| 931 | Lakeland South WA | 13,100 | $111K | 6.2% | 6.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 932 | Glendale WI | 14,795 | $78K | 10.0% | 3.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 933 | Ephrata PA | 13,647 | $70K | 7.9% | 2.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 934 | Ferndale MD | 17,529 | $95K | 8.2% | 5.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Wisconsin.
The towns next door employ 39% of Glendale
The biggest share goes to Milwaukee (37%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glendale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | – | B+ | A | 21 min | $78,092 |
| Milwaukee | 37% | C | A+ | 22 min | $54,234 |
| River Hills | under 2% | A+ | B | 24 min | $204,427 |
| Fox Point | under 2% | A+ | A− | 26 min | $141,467 |
| Whitefish Bay | 2% | A+ | A | 21 min | $157,109 |
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?
$78,092 (±$16,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glendale?
10.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glendale?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glendale work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (37%, 5 mi), Wauwatosa (6%, 7 mi), Brookfield (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glendale walkable?
Glendale is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glendale without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 29% 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.