Goodyear vs Tempe

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

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

Tempe has the higher population (186,419 vs 102,891 in Goodyear). Goodyear has the higher median household income ($101,814 vs $77,643 in Tempe). Goodyear has the higher median home value ($441,900 vs $421,900 in Tempe).

Population, income & housing

	Goodyear	Tempe
Population	102,891	186,419
Median age	40.8 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,814	$77,643
Median home value	$441,900	$421,900
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,623
Housing units	39,441	84,664
Homeownership rate	78.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodyear	Tempe
Population	80,371 → 102,891 (+28.0%)	187,454 → 186,419 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$83,866 → $101,814 (+21.4%)	$57,994 → $77,643 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$290,800 → $441,900 (+52.0%)	$272,900 → $421,900 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,848 (+34.4%)	$1,164 → $1,623 (+39.4%)

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

Tempe

Population

187,454186,419

Median household income

$57,994$77,643

Median home value

$272,900$421,900

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodyear	Tempe
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	22.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	23.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.1%
75 and over	7.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodyear	Tempe
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	52.4%
Black or African American	6.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.7%
Asian	3.1%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodyear	Tempe
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	19.8%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodyear	Tempe
Drove alone	69.8%	60.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	3.3%
Walked	0.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.4%
Worked from home	19.7%	19.4%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodyear	Tempe
1-unit, detached	85.2%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	24.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Goodyear	Tempe
Poverty rate	5.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	2007	1983