85139 — Goodyear, Arizona

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 85139. Its median home value runs 27% below Goodyear as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

46out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 12% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 14 sources
Opportunity2,569th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured38
Schools2,907th of 3,047 ZIP areas measured12
GrowthTop 7% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured76
Housing affordability2,567th of 3,112 ZIP areas measured49
Climate2,760th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured59
Physical resilience2,225th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured37
Access2,265th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured83
Economic stability1,810th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured50
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable ZIP areas measured: unemployment is 5.4% and the Opportunity signal places 85139 in the bottom 18%. The unemployment rate is published for Goodyear, AZ, which contains 85139, rather than for 85139 alone.

In the public schools here, 32% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 19.4 students for every teacher.

2,148 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 14% of the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Goodyear, AZ, which contains 85139, rather than for 85139 alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
20,784
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$86,894
Top 30% nationally
Density
41/sq mi
502.8 sq mi of land
Median age
37.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Goodyear
Arizona
Nearest major airport
GYR
36 mi · Phoenix Goodyear
Median home value
$344,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Goodyear, AZ, which contains 85139, is 5.4% — higher than in all but 16% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Goodyear, AZ, which contains 85139, fell 3.3% over the past year, to 53,714 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$8,1922024 ACS 5-Year$86,894Top 30%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,0202024 ACS 5-Year$32,640Bottom 36%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year10.7%Bottom 48%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.5 min2024 ACS 5-Year36.4 minBottom 14%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year18.3%Bottom 35%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year66.0%21st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentGoodyear, AZ’s figureJuly 202653,714Top 46%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Goodyear, AZ’s figureJuly 2026+2.7%Top 16%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Goodyear, AZ’s figureJuly 2026−3.3%Bottom 6%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceGoodyear, AZ’s figureJuly 202656,77454th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year75.7%Bottom 40%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wagePhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$69,630Top 36%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Median annual wagePhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$51,380Top 38%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.9%2024 ACS 5-Year0.9%79th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Goodyear, AZ’s figureJuly 2026+0.7%Bottom 11%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateGoodyear, AZ’s figureJuly 20265.4%Bottom 16%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year20.7%85th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202487k73k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $86,894 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
General and Operations Managers81,520$98,610
Retail Salespersons69,060$35,960
Customer Service Representatives68,930$46,410
Home Health and Personal Care Aides57,940$36,930
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand56,420$44,950
Fast Food and Counter Workers54,900$34,540

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Goodyear, AZ, the city containing this ZIP code.

32% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 32% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 19.4 students for every full-time teacher across 4 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
6
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
19.4
across 4 of them
Math proficiency
32.1%
Bottom 11% in Arizona
Reading proficiency
31.9%
Bottom 11% in Arizona
All 6 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Maricopa High SchoolMaricopa Unified School District (4441)1,84021.628%30%
Maricopa Wells Middle SchoolMaricopa Unified School District (4441)94020.425%27%
Maricopa Elementary SchoolMaricopa Unified School District (4441)88315.848%41%
Student Choice High School - Maricopa · charterGAR LLC dba Student Choice High School (78997)16254.0——
Mobile Elementary SchoolMobile Elementary District (4253)289.3——
CAVIT - Maricopa UnifiedCentral Arizona Valley Institute of Technology (79385)0—39%38%

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Arizona’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 5% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 104.7, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area is up 36% over five years, and up 0.8% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,761 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.51% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,840, close to the $1,716 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,840 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $73,600 a year, about 85% of the median household income here of $86,894.

The typical renter household here spends 39% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,716 a month.

A median home at $344,200 costs 3.6 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $94,583, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Cost of living
104.7

Prices here run about 5% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
39.0%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.6×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,840
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,716
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$344,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 85139’s median household income of $86,894, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area’s figure2023104.7Bottom 26%of 2,7372023
Home price change (1 year)the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+0.8%15th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+35.8%27th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+119.6%85th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.52024 ACS 5-Year3.6Bottom 24%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year82.8%62nd percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3582024 ACS 5-Year7,18778th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,580Bottom 31%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,450Bottom 29%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,840Bottom 32%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$3162024 ACS 5-Year$1,716Bottom 15%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$12,5512024 ACS 5-Year$344,20073rd percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$1432024 ACS 5-Year$1,76144th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$13,6842024 ACS 5-Year$94,583Top 35%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.05%2024 ACS 5-Year0.51%14th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±17%2024 ACS 5-Year39.0%Bottom 10%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1742024 ACS 5-Year47694th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year6.6%76th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year4.7%34th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±2162024 ACS 5-Year81684th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

76/ 100
Top 7% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 20.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Goodyear, AZ, which contains 85139, rather than for 85139 alone.

Units permitted
2,148
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
20.0
Top 3% nationally
Year over year
−14%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
32.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Goodyear, AZ, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 107°F and January a low of 46°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 7.2 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL AP, 36.7 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND0.9"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year1112024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals7.2"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals46°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals107°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals71991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year702024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year772024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals40°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
77
Moderate on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
111
90th percentile index
Days above 100
70
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

37 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, heat wave and wildfire, with inland flooding alone responsible for 67% of it.

Heat waveModerate
WildfireElevated
Inland floodingElevated
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, hail, earthquake, strong wind, landslide, tornado, avalanche, winter weather, hurricane, cold wave, coastal flooding, tsunami, ice storm, volcanic activity.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
3.9
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
19.6
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
23.3
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
21.9
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 85139 (Pinal County) rather than 85139 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Goodyear carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Phoenix Goodyear at 36 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year89.8%Top 48%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle36 miBottom 24%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle6Top 26%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year7.9%Top 50%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Phoenix GoodyearGYR36 mi8,500 ft
Phoenix Sky Harbor IntlPHX37 mi11,489 ft
Mesa GatewayIWA41 mi10,401 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

85139 vs Goodyear

How this ZIP area compares with Goodyear as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

85139
Goodyear
Median household income: Goodyear is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$86,894
vs
$103,319
Per capita income: Goodyear is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$32,640
vs
$44,191
Population density
41/sq mi
vs
563/sq mi
Median home value
$344,200
vs
$471,300
Median gross rent: 85139 is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$1,716
vs
$1,956
Homeownership rate
82.8%
vs
77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: Goodyear is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
18.3%
vs
35.5%
Poverty rate: Goodyear is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
10.7%
vs
4.7%
Median age
37.5
vs
42.1

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.