† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGlendaleCaliforniaUnited States
German11.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish10.0%5.9%9.4%
English10.0%6.3%9.5%
American8.2%2.8%5.3%
Italian6.6%3.4%4.8%
Armenian5.3%——
Polish2.9%0.9%2.2%
French2.6%1.3%1.6%
Mexican13.2%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.7%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.1%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Chinese3.8%3.9%1.3%
Filipino3.0%3.3%0.9%
Korean1.7%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.9%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.9%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.8%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%0.3%—
Cambodian0.3%——
African American†1.3%4.4%9.9%
Aztec5.6%0.3%—
Maya3.4%——
Samoan1.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Glendale
California
United States
Median age
41.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Glendale
California
United States
Median household income
$88,393
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.2%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Glendale
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
66.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
13.7%
28.4%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.8%
0.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
38.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
4.3%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Glendale
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Glendale, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+18.3%
2008
+31.7%
2012
+31.6%
2016
+30.8%
2020
+20.1%
2024
+12.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.5%Harris40,703
42.1%Trump31,429
3.4%
D+12.4
R+7.7
D+13.9
74,650
D
59.1%Biden50,767
39.0%Trump33,475
1.9%
D+20.1
R+10.6
D+15.7
85,906
D
62.6%Clinton40,824
31.8%Trump20,751
5.6%
D+30.8
R+0.9
D+28.7
65,243
D
64.6%Obama38,702
32.9%Romney19,739
2.5%
D+31.6
R+0.1
D+27.8
59,926
D
65.7%Obama40,905
34.0%McCain21,155
0.3%
D+31.7
D+13.5
D+24.5
62,231
D
58.6%Kerry36,005
40.3%Bush24,783
1.1%
D+18.3
—
D+20.7
61,473
Glendale holds one of the largest Armenian-American communities in the world, a demographic weight that has reshaped local council races and voter turnout patterns over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.4 points.
A population of 190,748, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,393 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Urban Honolulu and St. Petersburg.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Glendale, California voted Democratic by 12.4 points (D+12.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 74,650 votes cast, 40,703 went Democratic and 31,429 went Republican.
How many people live in Glendale, California?
Glendale, California has a population of 190,748 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Glendale, California?
Median household income in Glendale, California is $88,393 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Glendale, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Glendale, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
