Glens Falls is a medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 14,455 people and five associated neighborhoods, Glens Falls is the 130th largest community in New York. Glens Falls has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In terms of college education, Glens Falls is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.71% of adults in Glens Falls have a college degree.

The per capita income in Glens Falls in 2022 was $39,664, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,656 for a family of four. However, Glens Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Glens Falls is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glens Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glens Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glens Falls include Irish, English, Italian, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Glens Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.