Goodyear, AZ: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Goodyear is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 95,294 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 118,186 in 2024. The city is home to the Goodyear Ballpark, where the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball hold spring training. In 2008, Goodyear won the All-America City Award, sponsored by the National Civic League. The city is named after the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The company cultivated extensive farmland here to grow cotton for use in its tires.

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How Goodyear ranks

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#6Fastest growing in AZ #25Highest income in AZ #29Most remote workers in AZ All AZ rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code85338, 85395

Area code623

Living in Goodyear

Housing in Goodyear

$463K▼ 0.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Goodyear home is worth about $463,000, down 0.8% in a year, 11% above the Arizona typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market71

Sale-to-list98.8%

Sold in May207

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Safety in Goodyear

C⁺

Safety Grade C+

Goodyear reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 58% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 82%.

Violent crime per 1,000

Goodyear 2.3

Arizona 3.8

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Goodyear 13.5

Arizona 15.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Goodyear

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B

School Grade B

The public schools Goodyear’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#26Best public schoolsof 117 in AZ

DistrictAvondale Elementary District (4272)Schools35

Belen Soto Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,123 students Copper Trails BElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,020 students Desert Thunder BElementary · Grades PK–8 · 928 students Westar Elementary School B+Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 815 students Wildflower Accelerated Academy A-Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 750 students Mabel Padgett Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades PK–6 · 664 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AZ. Ratings are from neighbors.