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91201Glendale, California

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 91201.

45
Area Score
Bottom 4% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3258th of 4,073 published ZIP areas40
Growth3457th of 3,947 published ZIP areas27
Housing affordability4475th of 4,553 published ZIP areas25
ClimateTop 6% of 4,621 published ZIP areas100
Physical resilience4198th of 4,554 published ZIP areas10
AccessTop 20% of 4,623 published ZIP areas99
Economic stability2833rd of 4,591 published ZIP areas54
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 5.2% and the Opportunity signal places 91201 in the bottom 20%.

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 31% of median household income.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by earthquake, inland flooding and wildfire.

At a glance

Population
22,394
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$82,301
Top 35% nationally
Density
9,397/sq mi
2.4 sq mi of land
Median age
40.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Glendale
California
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Nearest major airport
VNY
12 mi · Van Nuys
Median home value
$1,152,000
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.2% is lower than 24% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.6% over the past year, to 88,341 employed residents.

37% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 76% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$4,752$82,301Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,523$42,017Top 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate13.9%Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.0 minTop 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher36.9%Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment88,341Top 30%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-2.7%Bottom 12%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.6%Bottom 33%June 2026
Labor force93,149Top 29%June 2026
Labor force participation64.0%Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$77,270Top 20%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$55,850Top 28%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.5%Bottom 18%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.2%Top 24%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202482k59k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $82,301 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides385,530$34,320
Fast Food and Counter Workers160,270$42,110
Retail Salespersons130,650$37,700
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand120,720$42,390
Office Clerks, General112,270$48,100
Cashiers109,940$36,980

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Glendale, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,139 takes 31% of median household income, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 14.0 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
31.2%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
14.0×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,139
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$1,152,000
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income14.00Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate33.2%Bottom 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4438,517Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$73$2,139Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$62,557$1,152,000Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income31.2%Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate6.2%Bottom 29%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
27/ 100
Ranks 3457 of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 1.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
271
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.4
Bottom 29% nationally
Year over year
+17%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
53.5%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Glendale, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 87°F and January a low of 45°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 13.9 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station BURBANK GLENDALE PASADENA AP, 4.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation13.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low45°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high87°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months121991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing22°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

10 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, inland flooding and wildfire.

Inland floodingHigh
EarthquakeHigh
WildfireModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, landslide, tornado, lightning, hail, avalanche, coastal flooding, strong wind, winter weather, tsunami, drought, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

7 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 12 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Van NuysVNY12 mi8,001 ft
Los Angeles IntlLAX17 mi12,923 ft
Long Beach (Daugherty Fld)LGB26 mi10,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

91201 vs Glendale

How this ZIP area compares with Glendale as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

91201
Glendale
Median household income
$82,301
vs
$88,393
Per capita income
$42,017
vs
$49,653
Population density
9,397/sq mi
vs
6,258/sq mi
Median home value
$1,152,000
vs
$1,102,300
Median gross rent
$2,139
vs
$2,182
Homeownership rate
33.2%
vs
35.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
36.9%
vs
47.2%
Poverty rate
13.9%
vs
12.9%
Median age
40.5
vs
41.4

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.