Taxes in Glendale
Glendale's tax picture layers a comparatively low, city-specific effective property tax rate under Arizona's flat 2.5% state income tax and a combined local sales tax rate that runs above the state average once Glendale's own 2.9% municipal add-on is counted.
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Learn moreArizona's flat 2.5% state income tax and Glendale's own 9.2% combined sales tax
Arizona has taxed individual income at a flat 2.5% rate since tax year 2023 (see arizona.js for the full history) -- this applies identically in Glendale as anywhere else in the state. Glendale's own combined sales tax rate is 9.2% (5.6% state + 0.7% Maricopa County + 2.9% City of Glendale) -- notably above Arizona's statewide average combined rate (roughly 8.17%-8.4%), reflecting the city's own comparatively high municipal add-on specifically.
A comparatively low, but ZIP-code-variable, effective property tax rate
Glendale's own median effective property tax rate is cited at 0.43% -- below both the Maricopa County median (0.46%) and one cited Arizona statewide median (0.51%, itself a different methodology than the 0.48% Tax Foundation figure cited in arizona.js). Actual bills vary meaningfully by ZIP code within Glendale ($819-$2,198), driven mainly by differing school-district and special-assessment levies.
Arizona's homestead-adjacent protections and no tax on Social Security
As anywhere in Arizona, Glendale homeowners benefit from the state's real, low property-tax structure relative to national averages, and Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits at all -- a real provision relevant to anyone weighing Glendale for retirement (see retiring), even though Glendale itself was not built around a dedicated retirement-market identity the way some other Arizona Tier A markets are.
Key takeaways
- Arizona's flat state income tax is 2.5% for 2026, the lowest flat rate of any state that taxes income; Glendale's own combined sales tax rate is 9.2%, above Arizona's statewide average combined rate.
- Glendale's median effective property tax rate is 0.43%, below the Maricopa County median (0.46%), though actual bills range widely by ZIP code ($819-$2,198) depending on school-district and assessment-district levies.
- Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits at all, a real statewide provision that applies fully in Glendale.
- Confirm the specific school-district and special-assessment levies for a given parcel directly with Maricopa County before budgeting off any single citywide property tax rate.
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