Work & commute · Goodyear

Work & commute in Goodyear, AZ

Most working residents leave Goodyear for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (41%), Tempe (6%) and Scottsdale (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

4,960 of 47,345 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42,385 Goodyear residents head out of town to work, 4,960 work right here, and 32,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodyear.

42,385live here, work elsewhere

4,960live and work here

32,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodyear goes to work

Phoenix27.2 mi away

41%19,236

Goodyear (in town)right here

10%4,960

Tempe26.8 mi away

6%3,030

Scottsdale41.6 mi away

5%2,271

Glendale21.8 mi away

5%2,182

Avondale4.6 mi away

4%2,022

Mesa38.9 mi away

4%1,724

Chandler29.8 mi away

3%1,527

Buckeye20.1 mi away

2%1,049

Peoria37.6 mi away

2%1,029

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%8,315

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Goodyear commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

45%

28%

21%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodyear is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodyear are

37,009 jobs are based in Goodyear. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goodyear’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goodyear

37,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Goodyear residents hold

47,345 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+160%

Jobs based in Goodyear, 2013 → 2023: 14,237 → 37,009. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.