Glendale is a large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 258,143 people and 55 associated neighborhoods, Glendale is the sixth largest community in Arizona.Glendale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Glendale is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glendale who work in office and administrative support (12.88%), sales jobs (9.81%), and management occupations (8.50%). Also of interest is that Glendale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.39% 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. The citizens of Glendale are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.26% of adults in Glendale having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Glendale in 2022 was $33,919, which is middle income relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,676 for a family of four. However, Glendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Glendale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Glendale, accounting for 42.21% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Glendale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glendale include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. In addition, Glendale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.15%). The most common language spoken in Glendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
