Sunwest vs Wenden

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

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

Wenden has the higher population (412 vs 46 in Sunwest). Since 2019, Sunwest's population has grown faster (+17.9% vs +9.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Sunwest	Wenden
Population	46	412
Median age	—	51.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,400
Housing units	34	289
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	—	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunwest	Wenden
Population	39 → 46 (+17.9%)	375 → 412 (+9.9%)
Median household income	—	$25,568 → $43,400 (+69.7%)
Median home value	—	$61,000 → $73,000 (+19.7%)

Sunwest

Population

3946

Wenden

Population

375412

Median household income

$25,568$43,400

Median home value

$61,000$73,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunwest	Wenden
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	23.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	41.3%	16.0%
75 and over	58.7%	21.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunwest	Wenden
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	21.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	58.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	66.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunwest	Wenden
No high school diploma	0.0%	37.6%
High school graduate	100.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunwest	Wenden
Drove alone	—	74.5%
Carpooled	—	7.4%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	5.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	8.3%
Other means	—	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunwest	Wenden
1-unit, detached	0.0%	44.3%
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	100.0%	55.7%

Poverty & households

	Sunwest	Wenden
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.2%
Average household size	2.42	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1981	1978