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Glendale Heights, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Glendale Heights is a Census village of 32,808 people across 5.39 square miles of land, in DuPage County. Median household income is $86,545, 64.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $14.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Glendale Heights
What Glendale Heights is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area5.39 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,083
- County holding the largest share of its areaDuPage County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Glendale Heights
- Population32,808
- Median age36.1
- Population under 186,509
- Share under 1819.8 percent
- Population 65 and over4,228
- Share 65 and over12.9 percent
- Households11,196
- Family households8,126
- Share of households that are families72.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Glendale Heights
- Median household income$86,545
- Per capita income$38,555
- Civilian labor force19,442
- Employed18,274
- Unemployed1,168 plus or minus 258
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over21,848
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Glendale Heights
- Housing units11,571
- Occupied units11,196
- Vacant units375 plus or minus 161
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied7,208
- Renter occupied3,988
- Ownership rate64.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$261,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,590
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent
- Single family units7,499
- Share single family64.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,032
- Share in buildings of two or more34.8 percent
- Mobile homes40 plus or minus 58
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Glendale Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,882
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,513
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,957
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.5 percent
- Drove alone69.1 percent
- Carpooled16.2 percent
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Glendale Heights (7(a))
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$14,905,300
- Average approval$402,846
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,247,260
- Largest approval$3,051,400
- Jobs supported426
- Jobs per approval11.5
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full4
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.8 percent
- Share to franchises13.5 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Glendale Heights, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 6 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Glendale Heights (504)
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$24,236,000
- Average approval$1,009,833
- Median approval$617,500
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported247
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Glendale Heights, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 8 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Glendale Heights
- NFIP communityVillage of Glendale Heights
- NFIP community number170206
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classClass 7
- Currently effective map date08/01/19
The Village of Glendale Heights participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170206 and carries Community Rating System class 7, a flood insurance premium discount for policies written there.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
DuPage County, not Glendale Heights
DuPage County context, not Glendale Heights figures
- Establishments in DuPage County34,121
- Covered employment, DuPage County622,113
- Average annual pay, DuPage County$79,674
- Housing units permitted, DuPage County1,450
Every figure in this section is published for DuPage County as a whole and is not a measurement of Glendale Heights.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Glendale Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Glendale Heights, Illinois?
32,808, in 11,196 households. Glendale Heights village covers 5.39 square miles of land, which is 6,083 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Glendale Heights in?
DuPage County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Glendale Heights?
$86,545. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $261,700. Median gross rent is $1,590 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Glendale Heights businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totaling $14.9 m since FY2020, across 18 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 24 504 approvals worth $24.2 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Glendale Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Glendale Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Glendale Heights. Only 6 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Glendale Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Glendale Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Glendale Heights, village of, community 170206, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the program minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Glendale Heights figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for DuPage County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Glendale Heights.
Is zoning published for Glendale Heights?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.