Goodyear is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 18,779 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Goodyear is the 33rd largest community in Arizona.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Goodyear, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Goodyear, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Goodyear's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The city does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Goodyear is $57,492.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Goodyear is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Goodyear is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Goodyear who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.95%), management occupations (10.98%), and sales jobs (10.89%).

Also of interest is that Goodyear has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Being a small city, Goodyear does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Goodyear Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Goodyear who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.62% of adults in Goodyear have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Goodyear in 2000 was $22,506, which is wealthy relative to Arizona, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,024 for a family of four. However, Goodyear contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Goodyear is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Goodyear home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Goodyear is White, followed by African-American. Goodyear also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.83% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Goodyear include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Goodyear is English. Some people also speak Spanish.