Living in Glendale

In Glendale (Colorado), unemployment is 1.7% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Glendale had a population of 4,465. An unemployment rate of 1.66% was measured at the end of 2024. Glendale had a foreign population of 856 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0728 sources

Population4,465people31 Dec 2024Official source · U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program

Median gross salary3,567EUR/month31 Dec 2024Community source · Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)

Median rent1,677EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate1.66%country median 4.6% — 64% belowOfficial source · Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)

Recorded crime21,674offences per 100,000country median 1,586 — 1266% aboveOfficial source · FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting

PM2.5, annual mean6.01µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData

Lower unemployment than 95% of American cities that publish it, more recorded crime than any other American city that publishes it and cleaner air than 77% of American cities that publish it.

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Glendale?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan¹⁴Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,729 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)²Official
Median monthly rent	1,677 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records¹Official
Recorded property crimes	689 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁶Official

Is Glendale a good place to live?

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Remote worker38%strong on work, weak on safety · range 29–47%

Skilled employee49%strong on work, weak on education · range 40–58%

Student31%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 21–41%

Family47%strong on family, weak on education · range 38–56%

Retirement29%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 18–40%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

19.2% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 856 of 4,465 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Glendale is 1.7%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Glendale 1.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	3,567 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)¹⁹Community estimate · Supplemental context
Unemployment rate	1.66 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Glendale?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,848of €3,659 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,659
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,729
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,848

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Glendale. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Glendale. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	634.1 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁴Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Glendale when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGlendale highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Philadelphia5,457

Houston5,442

San Antonio5,218

Chicago4,012

Dallas4,010

Austin3,709

Glendale3,159

Fort Worth3,158

Phoenix3,125

New York City3,039

Los Angeles2,212

San Diego2,082

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	21,674 offences per 100,000country median 1,586	31 Dec 2024	FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting⁷Official
Recorded violent crimes	88 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁶Official

Mobility and administration

Glendale's nearest major airport was 28 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	28 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BJC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Glendale. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

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Climate and air quality

At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 6 µg/m³. Monthly mean temperatures were 0°C in January and 23.8°C in July. Glendale's monthly precipitation totalled 11.7 mm in January and 53.8 mm in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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32°15°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.56WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Glendale is 6.0 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.01 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8 · Feb 8.6 · Mar 13.6 · Apr 17 · May 22.1 · Jun 28.9 · Jul 32.4 · Aug 31 · Sep 26.7 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 12.7 · Dec 7.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -8 · Feb -7.1 · Mar -2.7 · Apr 0.9 · May 6.3 · Jun 11.6 · Jul 15.2 · Aug 14 · Sep 9 · Oct 2.1 · Nov -3.6 · Dec -7.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 5.4 · Apr 9 · May 14.2 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 23.8 · Aug 22.5 · Sep 17.9 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 4.5 · Dec -0.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 11.7 · Feb 13.5 · Mar 28.3 · Apr 42.5 · May 58.3 · Jun 42.6 · Jul 53.8 · Aug 46.5 · Sep 38.3 · Oct 24.8 · Nov 17.7 · Dec 12 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	31.1 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	5.96 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Annual precipitation	390 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Maximum July temperature	32.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average annual temperature	10.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Minimum January temperature	-8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Billings ±2.1 °C. Elsewhere: Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±3.5 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±3.7 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±3.8 °C, Reims (France) ±3.9 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±3.9 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The total area of Glendale was 1.5 km² at the end of 2025. Population density was 3,035 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport80.8%
Foreign residents19.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	1.47 km²	31 Dec 2025	U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service)⁹Official
Foreign-resident share	18.89 %	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Foreign residents	856 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁵Official
Population density	3,035 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program)¹¹Official
Population	4,465 people	31 Dec 2024	U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program¹¹Official
Population covered by crime statistics	4,432 people	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Glendale

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Cherry Hills Village as a Glendale alternative in the same region

7 km away, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, city: €10,963 Cherry Hills Village vs €3,567 Glendale+207%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,430 Cherry Hills Village vs 21,674 Glendale−93%
Foreign residents: 1.6% (2020) Cherry Hills Village vs 18.9% (2024) Glendaleno percentage

Full comparison More about Cherry Hills Village

Plainfield as a Glendale alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 1425 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 741 Plainfield vs 21,674 Glendale−97%
Median gross pay, city: €4,830 Plainfield vs €3,567 Glendale+35%
Foreign residents: 6.1% (2020) Plainfield vs 18.9% (2024) Glendaleno percentage

Full comparison More about Plainfield

Cities near Glendale

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Denver 6.0 km away

Salary: 4,877 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2024-12-31

Cherry Creek 8.7 km away

Rent: 1,934 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31

Aurora 10.4 km away

Salary: 3,882 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2024-12-31

Alternative cities in United States

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Common questions

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What is the unemployment rate in Glendale?

The unemployment rate is 1.66 %. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is the air quality good in Glendale?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.01 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData.

How safe is Glendale?

Police recorded 21,674 offences per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer / Uniform Crime Reporting.

How many people live in Glendale?

The published population is 4,465 people. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program.

How many foreign residents live in Glendale?

856 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is Glendale a good place to live?

Glendale may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Glendale?

Denver, Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Cherry Creek, Sheridan are near Glendale. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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