Paradise Valley vs Sun Lakes

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

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

Sun Lakes has the higher population (14,079 vs 12,621 in Paradise Valley). Paradise Valley has the higher median household income ($236,250 vs $63,545 in Sun Lakes). Paradise Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $425,500 in Sun Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
Population	12,621	14,079
Median age	55.5 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$236,250	$63,545
Median home value	$2,000,001	$425,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,875
Housing units	5,748	10,244
Homeownership rate	95.1%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
Population	14,362 → 12,621 (-12.1%)	14,473 → 14,079 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$211,393 → $236,250 (+11.8%)	$56,779 → $63,545 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$1,516,200 → $2,000,001 (+31.9%)	$272,400 → $425,500 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,547 → $3,501 (+37.5%)	$1,450 → $1,875 (+29.3%)

Paradise Valley

Population

14,36212,621

Median household income

$211,393$236,250

Median home value

$1,516,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,547$3,501

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)

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	0.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	0.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	3.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	17.5%	35.0%
75 and over	13.4%	43.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	5.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	8.6%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
Drove alone	64.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	25.8%	21.2%
Other means	1.9%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
1-unit, detached	96.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Paradise Valley	Sun Lakes
Poverty rate	5.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.53	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1985	1990