Anthem vs Sun City West

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

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

Sun City West has the higher population (27,003 vs 22,622 in Anthem). Anthem has the higher median household income ($117,846 vs $63,792 in Sun City West). Anthem has the higher median home value ($516,200 vs $350,500 in Sun City West).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	Sun City West
Population	22,622	27,003
Median age	44.5 yrs	74.9 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$63,792
Median home value	$516,200	$350,500
Median gross rent	$2,258	$1,658
Housing units	9,541	19,284
Homeownership rate	84.4%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	Sun City West
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	25,544 → 27,003 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$52,196 → $63,792 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$221,500 → $350,500 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$1,250 → $1,658 (+32.6%)

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 West

Population

25,54427,003

Median household income

$52,196$63,792

Median home value

$221,500$350,500

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	Sun City West
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	0.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	0.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	1.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	36.4%
75 and over	8.6%	49.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	Sun City West
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	Sun City West
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	Sun City West
Drove alone	63.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	28.9%	22.1%
Other means	2.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	Sun City West
1-unit, detached	93.8%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	Sun City West
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.60	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2004	1990