Anthem vs Sun Lakes

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

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

Anthem has the higher population (22,622 vs 14,079 in Sun Lakes). Anthem has the higher median household income ($117,846 vs $63,545 in Sun Lakes). Anthem has the higher median home value ($516,200 vs $425,500 in Sun Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
Population	22,622	14,079
Median age	44.5 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$117,846	$63,545
Median home value	$516,200	$425,500
Median gross rent	$2,258	$1,875
Housing units	9,541	10,244
Homeownership rate	84.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
Population	22,468 → 22,622 (+0.7%)	14,473 → 14,079 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$102,719 → $117,846 (+14.7%)	$56,779 → $63,545 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$346,800 → $516,200 (+48.8%)	$272,400 → $425,500 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $2,258 (+39.1%)	$1,450 → $1,875 (+29.3%)

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 Lakes

Population

14,47314,079

Median household income

$56,779$63,545

Median home value

$272,400$425,500

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	0.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	0.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	3.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	35.0%
75 and over	8.6%	43.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
Drove alone	63.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	28.9%	21.2%
Other means	2.5%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
1-unit, detached	93.8%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Anthem	Sun Lakes
Poverty rate	2.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.60	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2004	1990