Fountain Hills vs Sun City West

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

Fountain Hills 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 23,768 in Fountain Hills). Fountain Hills has the higher median household income ($104,788 vs $63,792 in Sun City West). Fountain Hills has the higher median home value ($575,200 vs $350,500 in Sun City West).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
Population	23,768	27,003
Median age	60.8 yrs	74.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,788	$63,792
Median home value	$575,200	$350,500
Median gross rent	$1,781	$1,658
Housing units	13,309	19,284
Homeownership rate	83.3%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
Population	24,729 → 23,768 (-3.9%)	25,544 → 27,003 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$85,200 → $104,788 (+23.0%)	$52,196 → $63,792 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$402,100 → $575,200 (+43.0%)	$221,500 → $350,500 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,781 (+41.5%)	$1,250 → $1,658 (+32.6%)

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 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)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	0.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	0.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	0.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	1.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	22.4%	36.4%
75 and over	17.2%	49.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	16.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
Drove alone	66.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	22.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
1-unit, detached	66.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hills	Sun City West
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.12	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1993	1990