Glendora is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 49,934 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Glendora is the 175th largest community in California.
Housing costs in Glendora are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.
Also of interest is that Glendora has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Glendora telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Glendora is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Glendora, the average commute to work is 32.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Glendora citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.30% of adults in Glendora have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glendora in 2022 was $48,438, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $193,752 for a family of four. However, Glendora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glendora is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Glendora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glendora residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Glendora also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Glendora include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Glendora's cultural character, accounting for 18.96% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Glendora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.