About Glendale

Glendale is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 5,775 people and just one neighborhood, Glendale is the 131st largest community in Missouri.

Glendale is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.75% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Glendale is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glendale who work in sales jobs (18.80%), management occupations (17.30%), and healthcare (9.31%).

Of important note, Glendale is also a city of artists. Glendale has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Glendale's character.

In addition, Glendale is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Glendale is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Glendale really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Glendale perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Glendale spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.92 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Glendale is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Glendale, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.02% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Glendale is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Glendale Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Glendale, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Glendale is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.29% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Glendale in 2000 was $35,136, which is wealthy relative to Missouri and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,544 for a family of four. However, Glendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Glendale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Glendale is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glendale include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Glendale is English. Some people also speak Spanish.