Buckeye vs Goodyear

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

Buckeye 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 99,844 in Buckeye). Goodyear has the higher median household income ($101,814 vs $98,778 in Buckeye). Goodyear has the higher median home value ($441,900 vs $384,100 in Buckeye).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Goodyear
Population	99,844	102,891
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$98,778	$101,814
Median home value	$384,100	$441,900
Median gross rent	$1,742	$1,848
Housing units	32,787	39,441
Homeownership rate	86.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Goodyear
Population	69,744 → 99,844 (+43.2%)	80,371 → 102,891 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$71,707 → $98,778 (+37.8%)	$83,866 → $101,814 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $384,100 (+72.5%)	$290,800 → $441,900 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,246 → $1,742 (+39.8%)	$1,375 → $1,848 (+34.4%)

Buckeye

Population

69,74499,844

Median household income

$71,707$98,778

Median home value

$222,700$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,246$1,742

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)

	Buckeye	Goodyear
Under 5	8.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.8%
75 and over	4.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Goodyear
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	53.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.1%
Asian	1.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	32.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Goodyear
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Goodyear
Drove alone	69.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.5%	19.7%
Other means	1.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye	Goodyear
1-unit, detached	93.5%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Goodyear
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.8%
Average household size	3.11	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	2010	2007