Sun City vs Sun City West

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

Sun City 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 has the higher population (38,018 vs 27,003 in Sun City West). Sun City West has the higher median household income ($63,792 vs $52,111 in Sun City). Sun City West has the higher median home value ($350,500 vs $259,800 in Sun City).

Population, income & housing

	Sun City	Sun City West
Population	38,018	27,003
Median age	72.5 yrs	74.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,111	$63,792
Median home value	$259,800	$350,500
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,658
Housing units	27,085	19,284
Homeownership rate	82.9%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun City	Sun City West
Population	38,877 → 38,018 (-2.2%)	25,544 → 27,003 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$40,586 → $52,111 (+28.4%)	$52,196 → $63,792 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $259,800 (+62.5%)	$221,500 → $350,500 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,457 (+33.9%)	$1,250 → $1,658 (+32.6%)

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

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)

	Sun City	Sun City West
Under 5	0.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.1%	0.3%
18 to 24	0.7%	0.2%
25 to 34	1.1%	0.4%
35 to 44	2.1%	0.6%
45 to 54	3.7%	1.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	35.2%	36.4%
75 and over	39.7%	49.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun City	Sun City West
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun City	Sun City West
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun City	Sun City West
Drove alone	67.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	22.1%
Other means	5.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun City	Sun City West
1-unit, detached	61.1%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	26.9%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Sun City	Sun City West
Poverty rate	11.7%	6.8%
Average household size	1.61	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1973	1990