Sunsites vs Tombstone

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

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

Tombstone has the higher population (1,022 vs 660 in Sunsites). Tombstone has the higher median household income ($54,792 vs $50,833 in Sunsites). Tombstone has the higher median home value ($150,500 vs $134,200 in Sunsites).

Population, income & housing

	Sunsites	Tombstone
Population	660	1,022
Median age	65.6 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$54,792
Median home value	$134,200	$150,500
Median gross rent	$1,053	$696
Housing units	443	796
Homeownership rate	82.4%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunsites	Tombstone
Population	813 → 660 (-18.8%)	1,209 → 1,022 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$47,240 → $50,833 (+7.6%)	$35,174 → $54,792 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $134,200 (+58.3%)	$123,000 → $150,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,053 (+30.0%)	$563 → $696 (+23.6%)

Sunsites

Population

813660

Median household income

$47,240$50,833

Median home value

$84,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$810$1,053

Tombstone

Population

1,2091,022

Median household income

$35,174$54,792

Median home value

$123,000$150,500

Median gross rent

$563$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunsites	Tombstone
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	2.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.7%	4.1%
35 to 44	1.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	31.8%	18.1%
75 and over	20.5%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunsites	Tombstone
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	79.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunsites	Tombstone
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunsites	Tombstone
Drove alone	70.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunsites	Tombstone
1-unit, detached	83.3%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Sunsites	Tombstone
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.7%
Average household size	1.84	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1975	1978