Goodyear vs Queen Creek

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

Goodyear and Queen Creek 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 66,369 in Queen Creek). Queen Creek has the higher median household income ($134,719 vs $101,814 in Goodyear). Queen Creek has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $441,900 in Goodyear).

Population, income & housing

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
Population	102,891	66,369
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,814	$134,719
Median home value	$441,900	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,848	$2,176
Housing units	39,441	21,724
Homeownership rate	78.0%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
Population	80,371 → 102,891 (+28.0%)	43,129 → 66,369 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$83,866 → $101,814 (+21.4%)	$105,729 → $134,719 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $441,900 (+52.0%)	$348,600 → $576,600 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,848 (+34.4%)	$1,590 → $2,176 (+36.9%)

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

Queen Creek

Population

43,12966,369

Median household income

$105,729$134,719

Median home value

$348,600$576,600

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
Under 5	5.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	72.0%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
Drove alone	69.8%	63.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.7%	24.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
1-unit, detached	85.2%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Goodyear	Queen Creek
Poverty rate	5.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.73	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	2007	2011