Sun Lakes vs Wickenburg

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

Sun Lakes and Wickenburg 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 7,468 in Wickenburg). Wickenburg has the higher median household income ($65,253 vs $63,545 in Sun Lakes). Wickenburg has the higher median home value ($449,400 vs $425,500 in Sun Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
Population	14,079	7,468
Median age	73.4 yrs	64.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,545	$65,253
Median home value	$425,500	$449,400
Median gross rent	$1,875	$975
Housing units	10,244	4,433
Homeownership rate	87.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
Population	14,473 → 14,079 (-2.7%)	7,495 → 7,468 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$56,779 → $63,545 (+11.9%)	$47,270 → $65,253 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$272,400 → $425,500 (+56.2%)	$224,100 → $449,400 (+100.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,875 (+29.3%)	$606 → $975 (+60.9%)

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

Wickenburg

Population

7,4957,468

Median household income

$47,270$65,253

Median home value

$224,100$449,400

Median gross rent

$606$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.2%	9.3%
18 to 24	0.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	0.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	3.2%	6.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	35.0%	27.5%
75 and over	43.8%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
Drove alone	69.8%	64.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.7%
Worked from home	21.2%	14.1%
Other means	6.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
1-unit, detached	82.4%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Sun Lakes	Wickenburg
Poverty rate	9.9%	16.4%
Average household size	1.62	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1990	1990