Work & commute · Glendale

Work & commute in Glendale, AZ

Most working residents leave Glendale for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (51%), Scottsdale (6%) and Tempe (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

11,479 of 104,450 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92,971 Glendale residents head out of town to work, 11,479 work right here, and 69,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glendale.

92,971live here, work elsewhere

11,479live and work here

69,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glendale goes to work

Phoenix6.3 mi away

51%53,621

Glendale (in town)right here

11%11,479

Scottsdale21.6 mi away

6%5,905

Tempe17.9 mi away

5%5,592

Peoria20.2 mi away

4%4,206

Mesa28.8 mi away

3%2,632

Chandler26.1 mi away

2%2,197

Goodyear21.8 mi away

2%1,981

Tolleson7 mi away

2%1,659

Surprise17.9 mi away

1%1,560

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%13,618

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Glendale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

43%

46%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glendale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glendale are

80,528 jobs are based in Glendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glendale

80,528 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Glendale residents hold

104,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+26%

Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 63,831 → 80,528. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.