Miracle Valley vs Sunsites

A side-by-side comparison of Miracle Valley and Sunsites: population, income, housing, and more.

Miracle Valley and Sunsites are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Miracle Valley has the higher population (734 vs 660 in Sunsites). Miracle Valley has the higher median household income ($51,403 vs $50,833 in Sunsites). Sunsites has the higher median home value ($134,200 vs $84,800 in Miracle Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
Population	734	660
Median age	55.3 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,403	$50,833
Median home value	$84,800	$134,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,053
Housing units	251	443
Homeownership rate	80.5%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
Population	764 → 734 (-3.9%)	813 → 660 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$56,341 → $51,403 (-8.8%)	$47,240 → $50,833 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $84,800 (-19.2%)	$84,800 → $134,200 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$810 → $1,053 (+30.0%)

Miracle Valley

Population

764734

Median household income

$56,341$51,403

Median home value

$104,900$84,800

Sunsites

Population

813660

Median household income

$47,240$50,833

Median home value

$84,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$810$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	1.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	25.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	21.0%	31.8%
75 and over	6.4%	20.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	11.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	52.3%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
Drove alone	100.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
1-unit, detached	59.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Miracle Valley	Sunsites
Poverty rate	10.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.92	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1988	1975