Fountain Hills vs Sun Lakes

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

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

Fountain Hills has the higher population (23,768 vs 14,079 in Sun Lakes). Fountain Hills has the higher median household income ($104,788 vs $63,545 in Sun Lakes). Fountain Hills has the higher median home value ($575,200 vs $425,500 in Sun Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
Population	23,768	14,079
Median age	60.8 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,788	$63,545
Median home value	$575,200	$425,500
Median gross rent	$1,781	$1,875
Housing units	13,309	10,244
Homeownership rate	83.3%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
Population	24,729 → 23,768 (-3.9%)	14,473 → 14,079 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$85,200 → $104,788 (+23.0%)	$56,779 → $63,545 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$402,100 → $575,200 (+43.0%)	$272,400 → $425,500 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,781 (+41.5%)	$1,450 → $1,875 (+29.3%)

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 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)

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	0.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	0.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	0.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	3.2%
55 to 64	20.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	22.4%	35.0%
75 and over	17.2%	43.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	16.5%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
Drove alone	66.0%	69.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	28.0%	21.2%
Other means	1.5%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
1-unit, detached	66.6%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.4%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hills	Sun Lakes
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.12	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1993	1990