Sun Lakes vs Youngtown

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

Sun Lakes and Youngtown 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 6,985 in Youngtown). Youngtown has the higher median household income ($68,472 vs $63,545 in Sun Lakes). Sun Lakes has the higher median home value ($425,500 vs $282,900 in Youngtown).

Population, income & housing

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
Population	14,079	6,985
Median age	73.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,545	$68,472
Median home value	$425,500	$282,900
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,130
Housing units	10,244	2,629
Homeownership rate	87.5%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
Population	14,473 → 14,079 (-2.7%)	6,802 → 6,985 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$56,779 → $63,545 (+11.9%)	$40,781 → $68,472 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$272,400 → $425,500 (+56.2%)	$155,400 → $282,900 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,875 (+29.3%)	$957 → $1,130 (+18.1%)

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

Youngtown

Population

6,8026,985

Median household income

$40,781$68,472

Median home value

$155,400$282,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	0.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	0.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	0.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	35.0%	7.8%
75 and over	43.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	45.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	44.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
No high school diploma	3.6%	17.9%
High school graduate	18.9%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
Drove alone	69.8%	70.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	9.1%
Other means	6.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
1-unit, detached	82.4%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sun Lakes	Youngtown
Poverty rate	9.9%	10.9%
Average household size	1.62	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1990	1979