Why you'd want to live in Goodyear
Goodyear is surrounded by desert vistas, golf courses, lakes, parks, palm-lined streets and scenic mountain views of Sierra Estrella and White Tank Mountains. Goodyear is also the Spring Training and player development home of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds. Goodyear was ranked by 24/7 Wall St. as one of America's Top 10 Best Cities to Live. Goodyear was ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau as being among the fastest growing cities in the country. A NerdWallet study ranked Goodyear as one of the best cities in the nation for veterans. The study based its selection criteria on the level of economic opportunity for veterans. Movoto recently ranked Goodyear in its top 10 for "Best Places Near Phoenix for Young Professionals" and "Best Phoenix Suburbs for Young Couples". In the most recent Citizen Satisfaction Survey 93% of residents surveyed rated Goodyear as an excellent-good place to live and 4 in 5 residents would recommend and remain in Goodyear. The city's population in 2000 was just over 18,000. Today it is a community of more than 100,000. via goodyearaz.gov