Glendale, AZ (Arizona) Houses and Residents

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Glendale Apartments for Rent

Total population: 253,152 (Urban population: 252,070, Rural population: 1,082 (all nonfarm))

Glendale, Arizona Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 79,645 (75,671 occupied: 49,168 owner occupied, 26,503 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	35%
State:	32%

Housing density: 1430 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $310,439.

Median contract rent in 2007: $711 (lower quartile is $569, upper quartile is $912)

Housing units in Glendale with a mortgage: 37,932 (5,627 second mortgage, 3,897 home equity loan, 185 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,072

Glendale,AZ index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $240,000 (it was $113,300 in 2000)

Glendale:	$240,000
Arizona:	$237,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $187,100 - $337,900

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $303,306
Here: $303,306
State: $341,391

Townhouses or other attached units: $164,318
Here: $164,318
State: $235,099

In 2-unit structures: $124,500
Here: $124,500
State: $223,005

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $143,556
Here: $143,556
State: $205,498

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $139,022
Here: $139,022
State: $183,008

Mobile homes: $33,028
Here: $33,028
State: $51,746

Median year house/condo built: 1983

Median year apartment built: 1982

Household type by relationship

Households: 215,719

In family households: 188,343 (41,371 male householders, 13,373 female householders)
41,550 spouses, 73,045 children (66,135 natural, 1,646 adopted, 5,264 stepchildren), 4,029 grandchildren, 2,552 brothers or sisters, 1,930 parents, 4,244 other relatives, 6,249 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 27,376 (10,556 male householders (7,535 living alone)), 10,397 female householders (8,566 living alone)), 6,423 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,877 (1,021 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,435 2-persons, 12,744 3-persons, 12,357 4-persons, 6,556 5-persons, 2,774 6-persons, 1,878 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 16,101 1-person, 3,985 2-persons, 554 3-persons, 217 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

42,905 married couples with children.
15,710 single-parent households (4,191 men, 11,519 women).

77.1% of residents of Glendale speak English at home.
17.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 27,797 (12.7%)
(29.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.5
State:	3.7

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Glendale, Arizona:
	1 room: 58 2 rooms: 594 3 rooms: 2,447 4 rooms: 3,544 5 rooms: 9,426 6 rooms: 11,816 7 rooms: 10,397 8 rooms: 6,794 9 or more rooms: 4,092

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Glendale, Arizona:
	1 room: 2,452 2 rooms: 4,476 3 rooms: 6,148 4 rooms: 6,419 5 rooms: 3,657 6 rooms: 1,891 7 rooms: 971 8 rooms: 284 9 or more rooms: 205

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4,229
1995 to 1998: 10,675
1990 to 1994: 8,305
1980 to 1989: 22,742
1970 to 1979: 22,995
1960 to 1969: 5,830
1950 to 1959: 3,179
1940 to 1949: 1,003
1939 or earlier: 687

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Glendale:
	no bedroom: 281 1 bedroom: 1,504 2 bedrooms: 6,902 3 bedrooms: 22,353 4 bedrooms: 15,508 5 or more bedrooms: 2,620

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Glendale:
	no bedroom: 2,921 1 bedroom: 9,411 2 bedrooms: 9,082 3 bedrooms: 3,911 4 bedrooms: 1,092 5 or more bedrooms: 86

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Glendale in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,287 1 vehicle: 13,139 2 vehicles: 23,759 3 vehicles: 8,406 4 vehicles: 1,868 5 or more vehicles: 709

Cars and other vehicles available in Glendale in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 4,392 1 vehicle: 13,908 2 vehicles: 6,879 3 vehicles: 952 4 vehicles: 261 5 or more vehicles: 111

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Glendale, AZ:

Less than $10,000: 16
$10,000 to $14,999: 28
$15,000 to $19,999: 7
$20,000 to $24,999: 57
$25,000 to $29,999: 34
$30,000 to $34,999: 90
$35,000 to $39,999: 152
$40,000 to $49,999: 477
$50,000 to $59,999: 1134
$60,000 to $69,999: 1484
$70,000 to $79,999: 2352
$80,000 to $89,999: 3342
$90,000 to $99,999: 4638
$100,000 to $124,999: 10328
$125,000 to $149,999: 6084
$150,000 to $174,999: 4119
$175,000 to $199,999: 2721
$200,000 to $249,999: 3291
$250,000 to $299,999: 1674
$300,000 to $399,999: 703
$400,000 to $499,999: 130
$500,000 to $749,999: 91
$750,000 to $999,999: 31
$1,000,000 or more: 21

Glendale rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Glendale:

Less than $100: 415 people
$100 to $149: 220
$150 to $199: 243
$200 to $249: 231
$250 to $299: 272
$300 to $349: 303
$350 to $399: 352
$400 to $449: 718
$450 to $499: 1,158
$500 to $549: 1,653
$550 to $599: 2,231
$600 to $649: 3,169
$650 to $699: 2,442
$700 to $749: 2,206
$750 to $799: 2,109
$800 to $899: 3,410
$900 to $999: 1,914
$1,000 to $1,249: 3,027
$1,250 to $1,499: 949
$1,500 to $1,999: 680
$2,000 or more: 65
No cash rent: 944

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 9,717 1990 to 1994: 4,919 1985 to 1989: 3,490 1980 to 1984: 2,976 1975 to 1979: 2,150 1970 to 1974: 1,401 1970 to 1974: 866 1965 to 1969: 2,278

Glendale, AZ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.8%
Number of people working at home: 2,703 (2.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1771
5 to 9 minutes: 7102
10 to 14 minutes: 11100
15 to 19 minutes: 14373
20 to 24 minutes: 14669
25 to 29 minutes: 6838
30 to 34 minutes: 17482
35 to 39 minutes: 3555
40 to 44 minutes: 5593
45 to 59 minutes: 10626
60 to 89 minutes: 5708
90 or more minutes: 1908

Glendale mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 77,948 (75%)
Carpooled: 16,831 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,792 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 19 (0%)
Railroad: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 71 (0%)
Motorcycle: 381 (0%)
Bicycle: 633 (1%)
Walked: 2,039 (2%)
Other means: 1,003 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,703 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5590
$10,000 to $14,999: 4130
$15,000 to $19,999: 4385
$20,000 to $24,999: 5106
$25,000 to $29,999: 4747
$30,000 to $34,999: 4729
$35,000 to $39,999: 4719
$40,000 to $44,999: 4429
$45,000 to $49,999: 4075
$50,000 to $59,999: 7419
$60,000 to $74,999: 9007
$75,000 to $99,999: 8810
$100,000 to $124,999: 4481
$125,000 to $149,999: 1899
$150,000 to $199,999: 1260
$200,000 or more: 911

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 71115

German: 25780

English: 13789

Irish: 13595

United States or American: 10851

Italian: 8502

Polish: 4189

French (except Basque): 3525

Norwegian: 2792

Swedish: 2448

Scottish: 2285

Scotch-Irish: 1959

European: 1874

Dutch: 1732

French Canadian: 1067

Russian: 987

Danish: 899

Arab:: 826

Romanian: 773

Welsh: 761

Czech: 658

Subsaharan African:: 622

British: 575

Hungarian: 527

Canadian: 498

Greek: 489

African: 411

Swiss: 400

Austrian: 322

Yugoslavian: 319

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 314

Finnish: 307

Czechoslovakian: 288

Scandinavian: 285

Lithuanian: 271

Portuguese: 245

Iranian: 242

Arab/Arabic: 238

Croatian: 236

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 233

Slovak: 222

Ukrainian: 215

Lebanese: 210

Belgian: 138

Jamaican: 121

Iraqi: 118

Palestinian: 110

Serbian: 103

Syrian: 93

Armenian: 87

Slavic: 79

Turkish: 67

Haitian: 67

Northern European: 66

Nigerian: 63

Slovene: 63

Australian: 59

Pennsylvania German: 55

Israeli: 53

Bulgarian: 49

Latvian: 48

Brazilian: 47

Celtic: 43

Sudanese: 42

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 41

Belizean: 38

Ghanian: 37

Egyptian: 32

Macedonian: 28

Eastern European: 25

Estonian: 22

Sierra Leonean: 22

Bermudan: 21

Other Subsaharan African: 20

West Indian: 17

Jordanian: 15

South African: 15

Guyanese: 12

Basque: 11

Moroccan: 10

Maltese: 9

Luxemburger: 9

Bahamian: 9

Icelander: 9

Cypriot: 8

Albanian: 7

Zimbabwean: 7

Ethiopian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (59%)
Canada (3%)
Philippines (3%)
Vietnam (3%)
Korea (3%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Germany (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 79887
Northeast: 17795
Midwest: 41285
South: 20045
West: 29173

43% of Glendale residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 12% lived in Arizona.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 697
Nursery to 4th grade: 417
5th and 6th grade: 1,378
7th and 8th grade: 1,715
9th grade: 1,339
10th grade: 1,447
11th grade: 1,587
12th grade, no diploma: 2,542
High school graduate (or equivalency): 15,122
Less than 1 year of college: 5,364
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,039
Associate degree: 4,638
Bachelor's degree: 9,440
Master's degree: 3,613
Professional school degree: 960
Doctorate degree: 418

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 813
Nursery to 4th grade: 484
5th and 6th grade: 1,269
7th and 8th grade: 1,941
9th grade: 1,024
10th grade: 1,652
11th grade: 1,804
12th grade, no diploma: 2,800
High school graduate (or equivalency): 18,156
Less than 1 year of college: 7,496
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,183
Associate degree: 4,780
Bachelor's degree: 8,618
Master's degree: 3,289
Professional school degree: 593
Doctorate degree: 309

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 11.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 16.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 10.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 6.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $60,255
Black householders: $26,386
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $50,315
Asian householders: $34,643
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $67,763
Some other race householders: $41,660
Two or more races householders: $48,912
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $36,064

Glendale household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Glendale household income for Black householders

Glendale household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Glendale household income for Asian householders

Glendale household income for Some other race householders

Glendale household income for Two or more races householders

Glendale household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Glendale marital status for males

Glendale marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $259,276
Black or African American householders: $227,290
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $198,270
Asian householders: $302,065
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $238,305
Some other race householders: $200,600
Two or more races householders: $243,601
Hispanic or Latino householders: $208,225

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 47,792
One, attached: 4,110
Two: 552
3 or 4: 2,925
5 to 9: 3,446
10 to 19: 3,937
20 to 49: 2,479
50 or more: 9,436
Mobile homes: 4,899
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 69

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Glendale:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (72%) Utility gas (28%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (83%) Utility gas (16%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,518

Here:	5.1%
Arizona:	6.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 966

Here:	7.2%
Arizona:	6.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,043

Here:	17.5%
Arizona:	13.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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