Glendale Heights is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 32,484 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Glendale Heights is the 56th largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Glendale Heights 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 Glendale Heights telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.93% 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.

Glendale Heights’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

In terms of college education, Glendale Heights is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.38% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Glendale Heights in 2022 was $33,289, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,156 for a family of four. However, Glendale Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Glendale Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Glendale Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Glendale Heights, accounting for 33.31% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Glendale Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Glendale Heights include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and Sudanese.

In addition, Glendale Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (35.50%).

The most common language spoken in Glendale Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.