Queen Creek vs Sun City

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

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

Queen Creek has the higher population (66,369 vs 38,018 in Sun City). Queen Creek has the higher median household income ($134,719 vs $52,111 in Sun City). Queen Creek has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $259,800 in Sun City).

Population, income & housing

	Queen Creek	Sun City
Population	66,369	38,018
Median age	37.2 yrs	72.5 yrs
Median household income	$134,719	$52,111
Median home value	$576,600	$259,800
Median gross rent	$2,176	$1,457
Housing units	21,724	27,085
Homeownership rate	90.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Queen Creek	Sun City
Population	43,129 → 66,369 (+53.9%)	38,877 → 38,018 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$105,729 → $134,719 (+27.4%)	$40,586 → $52,111 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$348,600 → $576,600 (+65.4%)	$159,900 → $259,800 (+62.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,590 → $2,176 (+36.9%)	$1,088 → $1,457 (+33.9%)

Queen Creek

Population

43,12966,369

Median household income

$105,729$134,719

Median home value

$348,600$576,600

Median gross rent

$1,590$2,176

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)

	Queen Creek	Sun City
Under 5	6.3%	0.1%
5 to 17	23.8%	1.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	1.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	2.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	3.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	35.2%
75 and over	4.3%	39.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Queen Creek	Sun City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	2.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Queen Creek	Sun City
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	19.5%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Queen Creek	Sun City
Drove alone	63.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.2%	19.6%
Other means	1.6%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Queen Creek	Sun City
1-unit, detached	94.9%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Queen Creek	Sun City
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.7%
Average household size	3.20	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	2011	1973