Goodyear is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 105,406 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Goodyear is the 13th 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 $97,307.00. Goodyear real estate is some of the most expensive in Arizona, although Goodyear house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Goodyear is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Goodyear is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Goodyear who work in management occupations (12.71%), office and administrative support (12.05%), and sales jobs (11.19%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.17% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Goodyear is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.71% of adults in Goodyear have a college degree. The per capita income in Goodyear in 2022 was $40,779, which is wealthy relative to Arizona, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,116 for a family of four. However, Goodyear contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Goodyear is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Goodyear home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Goodyear residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 32.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Goodyear include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Goodyear is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
