Avondale vs Goodyear

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Goodyear: population, income, housing, and more.

Avondale and Goodyear are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goodyear has the higher population (102,891 vs 90,644 in Avondale). Goodyear has the higher median household income ($101,814 vs $81,260 in Avondale). Goodyear has the higher median home value ($441,900 vs $348,700 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Goodyear
Population	90,644	102,891
Median age	32.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,260	$101,814
Median home value	$348,700	$441,900
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,848
Housing units	30,829	39,441
Homeownership rate	61.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Goodyear
Population	84,736 → 90,644 (+7.0%)	80,371 → 102,891 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,260 (+31.4%)	$83,866 → $101,814 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$215,100 → $348,700 (+62.1%)	$290,800 → $441,900 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,731 (+46.1%)	$1,375 → $1,848 (+34.4%)

Avondale

Population

84,73690,644

Median household income

$61,825$81,260

Median home value

$215,100$348,700

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,731

Goodyear

Population

80,371102,891

Median household income

$83,866$101,814

Median home value

$290,800$441,900

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Goodyear
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.8%
75 and over	3.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Goodyear
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	53.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.1%
Asian	3.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	54.2%	32.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Goodyear
No high school diploma	15.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Goodyear
Drove alone	72.1%	69.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.9%	19.7%
Other means	2.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Goodyear
1-unit, detached	74.5%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	9.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Goodyear
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	2002	2007