Moving to Goodyear: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Goodyear means moving into one of Arizona's fastest-growing cities -- a real historic tire-company namesake connection layered under a current identity built on Amazon/UPS-scale logistics investment and master-planned family growth, not a Luke Air Force Base in-city installation the way Glendale has.
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Learn moreA real historic namesake, not a current manufacturing anchor
Goodyear is literally named for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which established cotton ranches here starting in 1916 to supply airplane-tire cord during WWI, then built a WWII-era aircraft plant on the same land in 1941; the city incorporated in 1946 (KJZZ, City of Goodyear official history, retrieved 2026-08-24). No evidence was found this research pass of an active Goodyear Tire manufacturing plant operating in the city today -- the connection is real but historic-origin, not a current economic anchor, and movers should not assume an active tire-industry presence.
Luke Air Force Base is nearby, NOT in Goodyear
Luke Air Force Base itself sits in neighboring Glendale, roughly a 19-minute drive from Goodyear's south side -- Goodyear is a real, popular residential destination for military families assigned to Luke given its newer housing stock and amenities, but this is a commuter-distance relationship, not an in-city installation the way Glendale documents elsewhere in this dataset (veteranhomeadvantage.com, retrieved 2026-08-24).
Real, current corporate and logistics growth
Amazon, UPS, Ball Corporation, Dick's Sporting Goods, Microsoft, Best Buy, and other major companies have established distribution or spec-building operations in Goodyear as of 2026 (developgoodyearaz.com, retrieved 2026-08-24) -- a real, current growth story distinct from the historic tire-company namesake.
The fastest population growth among this dataset's three West Valley cities
Goodyear's population is up 33.3% since the 2020 Census, to an estimated 130,332 in 2026 (World Population Review, retrieved 2026-08-24) -- the fastest growth rate among Surprise, Avondale, and Goodyear, all built together in this dataset.
Key takeaways
- Goodyear is named for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's real 1916 cotton-ranch operations, but no active tire manufacturing presence was found in the city today -- historic-origin, not a current anchor.
- Luke Air Force Base sits in neighboring Glendale, not Goodyear -- Goodyear's own relationship is a real but secondary, ~19-minute-drive residential-destination relationship for military families.
- Real, current corporate/logistics growth (Amazon, UPS, Ball Corporation, and others) anchors Goodyear's current economic identity.
- Population is up 33.3% since the 2020 Census -- the fastest growth rate among this dataset's three West Valley cities.
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