Sun Lakes vs Tolleson

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

Sun Lakes and Tolleson 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 7,233 in Tolleson). Sun Lakes has the higher median household income ($63,545 vs $55,015 in Tolleson). Sun Lakes has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $287,000 in Tolleson).

Population, income & housing

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
Population	14,079	7,233
Median age	73.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,545	$55,015
Median home value	$425,500	$287,000
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,258
Housing units	10,244	2,852
Homeownership rate	87.5%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
Population	14,473 → 14,079 (-2.7%)	7,246 → 7,233 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$56,779 → $63,545 (+11.9%)	$45,952 → $55,015 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$272,400 → $425,500 (+56.2%)	$174,800 → $287,000 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,875 (+29.3%)	$891 → $1,258 (+41.2%)

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

Tolleson

Population

7,2467,233

Median household income

$45,952$55,015

Median home value

$174,800$287,000

Median gross rent

$891$1,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	0.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	0.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	3.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	35.0%	13.4%
75 and over	43.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	9.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	78.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
No high school diploma	3.6%	39.6%
High school graduate	18.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
Drove alone	69.8%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	21.9%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
1-unit, detached	82.4%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	9.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Sun Lakes	Tolleson
Poverty rate	9.9%	30.8%
Average household size	1.62	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1990	2001