Glendora is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 49,719 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Glendora is the 157th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Glendora is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glendora is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glendora who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.87%), sales jobs (11.86%), and management occupations (11.70%).

In addition, Glendora is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The city of Glendora is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Glendora Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Glendora citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.65% of adults in Glendora have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Glendora in 2000 was $25,993, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,972 for a family of four.

Glendora is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glendora home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Glendora is White, followed by Asian. Glendora also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.16% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Glendora include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Glendora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.