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Sun City, AZ

37,486 Population
14.4 square miles 2,600.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

72.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • nearly double the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,620 ±$1,771 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $45,239 ±$283
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
$54,586 ±$2,548 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $88,301 ±$521
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407

11.2% ±1.4% (4,133  ±536) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11% 543,008 (±0.2% / ±10,198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)

24.1 minutes ±0.9 (131,540  ±18,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.4 50,963,576 (±0.2 / ±408,707)
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)

Families

22,718 ±869 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,892,613 ±4,686
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
1.6 ±0 (36,983  ±1,538) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,940,385 (±0 / ±686)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416

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

Housing

26,626 ±890 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,068,985 ±442
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631

$280,900 ±$6,777 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $440,900 ±$1,457
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474

12.6% ±2% (4,725  ±783.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.1% 702,483 (±0.2% / ±11,163.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)

Social

93.6% ±1.6% (34,197  ±1,430.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.7% 3,091,028 (±0.4% / ±14,283)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
26% ±1.9% (9,509  ±773.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 35.3% 1,216,810 (±0.3% / ±9,024.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)

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

5.5% ±1% (2,069  ±383) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14% 703,345
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784

16.3% ±1.4% (6,029  ±562) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.9% 268,982 (±0.1% / ±4,434)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
6,029 Total veterans ±562 5,673 Male ±541 356 Female ±151

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