Goodyear vs Surprise

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

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

Surprise has the higher population (149,519 vs 102,891 in Goodyear). Goodyear has the higher median household income ($101,814 vs $93,371 in Surprise). Goodyear has the higher median home value ($441,900 vs $396,000 in Surprise).

Population, income & housing

	Goodyear	Surprise
Population	102,891	149,519
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,814	$93,371
Median home value	$441,900	$396,000
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,917
Housing units	39,441	60,356
Homeownership rate	78.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodyear	Surprise
Population	80,371 → 102,891 (+28.0%)	135,450 → 149,519 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$83,866 → $101,814 (+21.4%)	$69,076 → $93,371 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $441,900 (+52.0%)	$239,500 → $396,000 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,848 (+34.4%)	$1,349 → $1,917 (+42.1%)

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

Surprise

Population

135,450149,519

Median household income

$69,076$93,371

Median home value

$239,500$396,000

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodyear	Surprise
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.2%
75 and over	7.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodyear	Surprise
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	66.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.8%
Asian	3.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodyear	Surprise
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodyear	Surprise
Drove alone	69.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.7%	17.6%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodyear	Surprise
1-unit, detached	85.2%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Goodyear	Surprise
Poverty rate	5.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	2007	2004