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.

Goodyear has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Goodyear, where the median household income is $57,492.

Unlike some cities, Goodyear isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Goodyear are a mix 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.