Cost of living in Glendale, Wisconsin
Glendale, Wisconsin has about 13,656 people. Typical rent is $1,432 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $78,092 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #153 in Wisconsin on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,432 a month.
Glendale is a city in Wisconsin. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $78,092 a year.
- People
- 13,656
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,432
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $78,092
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $282,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,263
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI MSA
- Gas
- $4.237
- Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026
Glendale, Wisconsin has about 13,656 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $282,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Milwaukee County is $1,263 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Glendale. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metro area, prices sit at 96.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Wisconsin taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 5.7% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Glendale's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Wisconsin home paid 19.06¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Glendale's bill.
EIA does not publish a Wisconsin gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Wisconsin shares this price.
Among 372 places we list in Wisconsin with a rent figure, 33 have higher typical rent than Glendale.
Nearby places
- Whitefish Bay
Typical rent $1,335
Compare with Glendale - Fox Point
Typical rent $1,726
Compare with Glendale - Shorewood
Typical rent $1,347
Compare with Glendale - River Hills
Typical rent $2,156
Compare with Glendale - Bayside
Typical rent $1,647
Compare with Glendale - Brown Deer
Typical rent $1,183
Compare with Glendale - Milwaukee
Typical rent $1,059
Compare with Glendale - Wauwatosa
Typical rent $1,438
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Wisconsin
Bigger places in Wisconsin
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.