Fountain Hills vs Sun City

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

Fountain Hills 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 23,768 in Fountain Hills). Fountain Hills has the higher median household income ($104,788 vs $52,111 in Sun City). Fountain Hills has the higher median home value ($575,200 vs $259,800 in Sun City).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
Population	23,768	38,018
Median age	60.8 yrs	72.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,788	$52,111
Median home value	$575,200	$259,800
Median gross rent	$1,781	$1,457
Housing units	13,309	27,085
Homeownership rate	83.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
Population	24,729 → 23,768 (-3.9%)	38,877 → 38,018 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$85,200 → $104,788 (+23.0%)	$40,586 → $52,111 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$402,100 → $575,200 (+43.0%)	$159,900 → $259,800 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,781 (+41.5%)	$1,088 → $1,457 (+33.9%)

Fountain Hills

Population

24,72923,768

Median household income

$85,200$104,788

Median home value

$402,100$575,200

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,781

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)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
Under 5	2.5%	0.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	1.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	1.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	2.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	3.7%
55 to 64	20.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	22.4%	35.2%
75 and over	17.2%	39.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	16.5%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
Drove alone	66.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.0%	19.6%
Other means	1.5%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
1-unit, detached	66.6%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hills	Sun City
Poverty rate	6.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.12	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1993	1973