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Glendale is a small town of 4,531 people in Arapahoe County, Colorado. It's about 5 miles from Denver, CO. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 43 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $414k and rent runs about $2k a month.
4,531people
$414kTypical home
$1,815/moRent
91° / 48°Summer / winter
43"Snow
284Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,531
- Part of a metro area
- About 7,977 people per sq mi
- 5 mi to Denver, CO
- 5 mi to Denver, CO
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $414k (≈$2,608/mo)
- Median rent $1,815/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 284 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 81 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 43" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 18 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- High violent crime (1560 per 100k)
- High property crime (11,520 per 100k)
People
- Median age 31
- 15% of households have kids
- 4% are 65 or older
- 54% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to BJC airport
- 18 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 46 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 10% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 5,364 ft
- 745 mi to the ocean
- 54 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 97 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,352 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 397 bars within 25 mi
- 871 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 32 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 58 museums within 25 mi
- 135 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Colorado districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Arapahoe County: D+20 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk