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Sun City, AZ

38,018 Population
14.4 square miles 2,637.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

72.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • nearly 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

$40,593 ±$2,039 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,395 ±$277
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$52,111 ±$2,709 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $84,703 ±$507
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

11.7% ±1.5% (4,384  ±591) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.2% 544,541 (±0.2% / ±10,757)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

23.4 minutes ±4.3 (120,170  ±15,121) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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

23,267 ±942 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,854,535 ±4,374
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
1.6 ±0 (37,549  ±1,608) 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 three-fifths of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

1.8% ±3.1% (19  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.3% 61,985 (±0.2% / ±2,771)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

27,085 ±788 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,030,723 ±463
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$259,800 ±$5,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $401,400 ±$1,981
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

12.7% ±1.7% (4,810  ±670.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 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

93.4% ±1.1% (34,843  ±1,453) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.5% 3,015,669 (±0.4% / ±13,897.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
25.6% ±1.7% (9,541  ±745.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,165,233 (±0.3% / ±8,283.8)
  • about 80 percent of 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

5.8% ±1% (2,192  ±396) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.9% 684,927
  • about half the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

17.1% ±1.3% (6,423  ±565) 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)
6,423 Total veterans ±565 6,119 Male ±547 304 Female ±124

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