Buckeye vs Sun City

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

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

Buckeye has the higher population (99,844 vs 38,018 in Sun City). Buckeye has the higher median household income ($98,778 vs $52,111 in Sun City). Buckeye has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $259,800 in Sun City).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Sun City
Population	99,844	38,018
Median age	35.4 yrs	72.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,778	$52,111
Median home value	$384,100	$259,800
Median gross rent	$1,742	$1,457
Housing units	32,787	27,085
Homeownership rate	86.1%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Sun City
Population	69,744 → 99,844 (+43.2%)	38,877 → 38,018 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$71,707 → $98,778 (+37.8%)	$40,586 → $52,111 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $384,100 (+72.5%)	$159,900 → $259,800 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,246 → $1,742 (+39.8%)	$1,088 → $1,457 (+33.9%)

Buckeye

Population

69,74499,844

Median household income

$71,707$98,778

Median home value

$222,700$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,246$1,742

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)

	Buckeye	Sun City
Under 5	8.1%	0.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	1.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	1.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	2.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	3.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	35.2%
75 and over	4.3%	39.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Sun City
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Sun City
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	27.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Sun City
Drove alone	69.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.5%	19.6%
Other means	1.6%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye	Sun City
1-unit, detached	93.5%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Sun City
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.7%
Average household size	3.11	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	2010	1973