Anthem vs Sun City

A side-by-side comparison of Anthem and Sun City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sun City has the higher population (38,018 vs 22,622 in Anthem). Anthem has the higher median household income ($117,846 vs $52,111 in Sun City). Anthem has the higher median home value ($516,200 vs $259,800 in Sun City).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	Sun City
Population	22,622	38,018
Median age	44.5 yrs	72.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$52,111
Median home value	$516,200	$259,800
Median gross rent	$2,258	$1,457
Housing units	9,541	27,085
Homeownership rate	84.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	Sun City
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	38,877 → 38,018 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$40,586 → $52,111 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$159,900 → $259,800 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$1,088 → $1,457 (+33.9%)

Anthem

Population

22,46822,622

Median household income

$102,719$117,846

Median home value

$346,800$516,200

Median gross rent

$1,623$2,258

Sun City

Population

38,87738,018

Median household income

$40,586$52,111

Median home value

$159,900$259,800

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,457

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	Sun City
Under 5	5.0%	0.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	1.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	1.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	2.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	35.2%
75 and over	8.6%	39.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	Sun City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	Sun City
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	Sun City
Drove alone	63.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.9%	19.6%
Other means	2.5%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	Sun City
1-unit, detached	93.8%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	Sun City
Poverty rate	2.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.60	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2004	1973