City comparison
Goodyear, AZ is about 350 miles (550 km) from Los Angeles, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 450 miles, or about 7 h 15 min behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Goodyear, AZ to Los Angeles, CA takes about 42 min, covering roughly 350 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Goodyear, AZ is on Mountain Time and Los Angeles, CA is on Pacific Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Goodyear, it's 11 a.m. in Los Angeles, which puts Goodyear 1 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Los Angeles has a population of 3,881,041, vs 97,542 in Goodyear — about 39.8× larger by population. By land area, Los Angeles covers about 470 sq mi vs 190 sq mi for Goodyear.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Goodyear | Los Angeles | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711/mo | $1,791/mo | 4.7% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median home value | $396,100 | $822,600 | 107.7% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median household income | $97,307 | $76,244 | 27.6% higher in Goodyear |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 106.4 | 11.0% higher in Los Angeles |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 151.7 | 57.7% higher in Los Angeles |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 104.0 | ≈ equal (Goodyear slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 104.3 | ≈ equal (Los Angeles slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Goodyear, you'd need $123,631 in Los Angeles to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Goodyear, AZ is about 19.1% cheaper overall than Los Angeles, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 37% higher in Los Angeles than in Goodyear. If you earn $80,000 in Goodyear, you'd need about $98,905 in Los Angeles to keep the same standard of living.