City safety & data profile

GoodyearAZ

Goodyear, AZ is a 79K-resident city in Maricopa County with a median household income of $103,319.

Maricopa County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Goodyear, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Goodyear has a population larger than 89% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $471,300, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

79K
Population (place)
Top 11%
By size
$103,319
Median income (place)
$471,300
Median home (place)
5.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Goodyear

Goodyear posts a median household income higher than 72% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Goodyear area.

Top 28%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Goodyear

Where Goodyear income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$103,319 Top 28% higher than 72% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Goodyear $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AZ

Population among 66 AZ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AZ

Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Goodyear, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Goodyear sits inside Maricopa County, Arizona, at roughly 33.44°N, -112.36°W. Population 79,003, $103,319 median household income. Median home value $471,300, median rent $1,956. Poverty rate 5.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Goodyear, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.2% of Goodyear, AZ residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Goodyear runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

21.6% of Goodyear workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 14.4% in Goodyear, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Goodyear workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.1 years, Goodyear's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Goodyear from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
79,003
Goodyear · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$103,319
+16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$471,300
+14% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Maricopa County): Goodyear's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
4.6M+17%
Median Income
$89,300+67%
Median Home Value
$452,800+157%
Poverty Rate
11%-34%
Unemployment
4.5%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Goodyear, AZ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,956/mo
Poverty Rate
5.2% -58% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 35.5%
Work From Home 21.6%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 57.3%
African American 7.8%
Asian 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.8%
High Blood Pressure
31.1%
Obesity
30.1%
Physical Inactivity
19.1%
Binge Drinking
15.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
12%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Diabetes
10.4%
Current Asthma
10.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.1%
Annual Checkup 74.7%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.5%
Stroke
3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
1
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
CITY OF HOPE CANCER CENTER PHOENIX
GOODYEAR · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★☆
ABRAZO WEST CAMPUS
GOODYEAR · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Goodyear?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Goodyear right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AZ-GOODYEAR · Goodyear

Goodyear: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Goodyear; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Goodyear, AZ? ▼
Goodyear, AZ has a population of 79,003 people, located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
What is the median household income in Goodyear? ▼
The median household income in Goodyear, AZ is $103,319 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.2%.
What is the median home value in Goodyear? ▼
The median home value in Goodyear, AZ is $471,300. Median rent is $1,956/month.
What are the top health concerns in Goodyear? ▼
The top health indicators in Goodyear include Short Sleep Duration (34.8%), High Blood Pressure (31.1%), Obesity (30.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Goodyear? ▼
Goodyear has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Goodyear? ▼
The median age in Goodyear, AZ is 42.1 years. 35.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Goodyear, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (5.2% here).

Fremont, CA 5.2% Clinton Township, MI 5.2% Rochester Hills, MI 5.2% Milford, CT 5.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($103,319 here).

Gages Lake, IL $103,318 Maumelle, AR $103,333 Anchorage, AK $103,284 Largo, MD $103,375

Compare Goodyear with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Avondale, AZ 81K El Mirage, AZ 34K Sun City, AZ 37K Peoria, AZ 191K Maryvale, AZ 208K Surprise, AZ 143K Glendale, AZ 240K Sun City West, AZ 25K
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Using Goodyear's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Maricopa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.