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Sun City West, AZ

27,003 Population
11.9 square miles 2,264.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

74.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • about double the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • nearly double the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$51,788 ±$2,933 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,395 ±$277
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$63,792 ±$3,851 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $84,703 ±$507
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

6.8% ±1.2% (1,811  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.2% 544,541 (±0.2% / ±10,757)
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

22.6 minutes ±0.9 (57,095  ±11,923) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.5 51,148,672 (±0.1 / ±367,593)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

16,059 ±758 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,854,535 ±4,374
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
1.7 ±0 (26,529  ±1,287) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,853,716 (±0 / ±673)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

19,284 ±737 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,030,723 ±463
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$350,500 ±$7,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $401,400 ±$1,981
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

12.4% ±2.5% (3,353  ±679.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.7% 717,865 (±0.2% / ±10,900.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

96.9% ±6.5% (26,038  ±1,230.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.5% 3,015,669 (±0.4% / ±13,897.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
35.3% ±1.8% (9,481  ±656.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,165,233 (±0.3% / ±8,283.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±0.9% (1,125  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 684,927
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

21% ±2.1% (5,645  ±637) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.2% 274,181 (±0.1% / ±4,153)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
5,645 Total veterans ±637 5,415 Male ±598 230 Female ±112

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