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Renting an Apartment in Goodyear
What You Should Know
Goodyear is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population
was 18,911, at the 2000 census, compared to 3,137 people in 1980. Goodyear was
the third fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any
size from 1990 and 2000.
The city is known in O'odham (Pima) as Valin Dak. Among the underworld in
Arizona the area is known as Perryville. The Arizona State Prison Complex -
Perryville is located in Goodyear.
On December 21, 2006, it was announced that the Cleveland Indians of baseball's
American League, would move their spring training facility to Goodyear from
Winter Haven, Florida, and thus re-join the Cactus League in February 2009,
after a 15-year absence (before that, the Indians held spring training for many
years in Tucson).
Geography
Goodyear is located at 33�23′23″N, 112�23′56″W (33.389655, -112.398977)GR1.
Nearby cities include Avondale, Litchfield Park, and Buckeye.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 301.6
km� (116.5 mi�), all land.
The largest master planned community in Goodyear is Estrella Mountain Ranch (EMR),
comprising of over 2500 homes as of September of 2006.
Demographics
As of 2000, there were 18,911 people, 6,179 households, and 4,986 families
residing in the city. The population density was 62.7/km� (162.4/mi�). There
were 6,771 housing units at an average density of 22.4/km� (58.1/mi�). The
racial makeup of the city was 78.13% White, 5.20% Black or African American,
1.06% Native American, 1.71% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 10.87% from other
races, and 2.95% from two or more races. 20.80% of the population were Hispanic
or Latino of any race.
There were 6,179 households out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 71.1% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 19.3% were non-families. 14.1% of all
households were made up of individuals and 3.7% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average
family size was 2.94.
In the city the population was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 8.7%
from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there
were 103.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $57,492, and the median income
for a family was $60,707. Males had a median income of $40,702 versus $28,410
for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,506. About 3.6% of
families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.7%
of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.
Trivia
Home of the abandoned Phoenix Trotting Park, a now-abandoned horse racing park
that can be seen from the I-10 while driving through Goodyear.