Goodyear vs Sun City

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

Goodyear and Sun City 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 38,018 in Sun City). Goodyear has the higher median household income ($101,814 vs $52,111 in Sun City). Goodyear has the higher median home value ($441,900 vs $259,800 in Sun City).

Population, income & housing

	Goodyear	Sun City
Population	102,891	38,018
Median age	40.8 yrs	72.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,814	$52,111
Median home value	$441,900	$259,800
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,457
Housing units	39,441	27,085
Homeownership rate	78.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodyear	Sun City
Population	80,371 → 102,891 (+28.0%)	38,877 → 38,018 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$83,866 → $101,814 (+21.4%)	$40,586 → $52,111 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $441,900 (+52.0%)	$159,900 → $259,800 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,848 (+34.4%)	$1,088 → $1,457 (+33.9%)

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

Sun City

Population

38,87738,018

Median household income

$40,586$52,111

Median home value

$159,900$259,800

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,457

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodyear	Sun City
Under 5	5.6%	0.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	1.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	1.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	2.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	3.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	35.2%
75 and over	7.2%	39.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodyear	Sun City
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodyear	Sun City
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	19.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodyear	Sun City
Drove alone	69.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.7%	19.6%
Other means	2.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodyear	Sun City
1-unit, detached	85.2%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Goodyear	Sun City
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.7%
Average household size	2.73	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	2007	1973