Poston vs Sunwest

A side-by-side comparison of Poston and Sunwest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poston has the higher population (168 vs 46 in Sunwest). Since 2019, Sunwest's population has grown faster (+17.9% vs -30.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Poston	Sunwest
Population	168	46
Median age	27.1 yrs	—
Median gross rent	$375	—
Housing units	79	34
Homeownership rate	0.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poston	Sunwest
Population	242 → 168 (-30.6%)	39 → 46 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$14,609 → $15,625 (+7.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$373 → $375 (+0.5%)	—

Poston

Population

242168

Median household income

$14,609$15,625

Median gross rent

$373$375

Sunwest

Population

3946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poston	Sunwest
Under 5	20.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	48.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	3.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	41.3%
75 and over	0.0%	58.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poston	Sunwest
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.2%	58.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poston	Sunwest
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	93.2%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poston	Sunwest
Drove alone	52.1%	—
Carpooled	0.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	47.9%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	0.0%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poston	Sunwest
1-unit, detached	93.7%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Poston	Sunwest
Poverty rate	71.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.42
Median year structure built	1979	1981