Housing density: 1,925 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $311,096.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,382 (lower quartile is $1,045, upper quartile is $1,844)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,653
Median gross rent in Sun City, AZ in 2022: $1,534
Housing units in Sun City with a mortgage: 9,180 (362 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 365 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 162
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $54,986
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $53,371
Size of family households: 10,212 2-persons, 982 3-persons, 172 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 10,883 1-person, 1,261 2-persons, 13 5-persons.
76 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
96.4% of residents of Sun City speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 2,031 (5.2%)
(76.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.3% Number of people working at home: 1,549 (22.8% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 172
5 to 9 minutes: 569
10 to 14 minutes: 887
15 to 19 minutes: 749
20 to 24 minutes: 694
25 to 29 minutes: 295
30 to 34 minutes: 773
35 to 39 minutes: 269
40 to 44 minutes: 163
45 to 59 minutes: 254
60 to 89 minutes: 259
90 or more minutes: 127
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 8,302 (70.5%)
Carpooled: 1,146 (9.7%)
Bus: 44 (0.4%)
Subway or elevated rail: 72 (0.6%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 3 (0.0%)
Taxi: 299 (2.5%)
Bicycle: 31 (0.3%)
Walked: 35 (0.3%)
Worked at home: 1,549 (13.2%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
3.1%Males
6.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
40.8%Males
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
10.0%Males
8.3%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sun City, Arizona
3952010 or later
2512000 to 2009
1241990 to 1999
731980 to 1989
1031970 to 1979
1,483Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 3,285 (17.4%)
English: 2,825 (14.9%)
American: 2,110 (11.2%)
Irish: 1,765 (9.3%)
Polish: 797 (4.2%)
Norwegian: 796 (4.2%)
Italian: 711 (3.8%)
Scottish: 462 (2.4%)
Swedish: 375 (2.0%)
European: 297 (1.6%)
Jordanian: 206 (1.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 201 (1.1%)
Russian: 195 (1.0%)
Dutch: 194 (1.0%)
French Canadian: 186 (1.0%)
Ukrainian: 174 (0.9%)
British: 144 (0.8%)
French: 138 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 137 (0.7%)
Canadian: 126 (0.7%)
Northern European: 113 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 104 (0.5%)
Austrian: 95 (0.5%)
Greek: 92 (0.5%)
Eastern European: 91 (0.5%)
Slovak: 91 (0.5%)
Danish: 86 (0.5%)
Czech: 74 (0.4%)
Finnish: 71 (0.4%)
Romanian: 64 (0.3%)
Croatian: 59 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 54 (0.3%)
Welsh: 43 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 41 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 38 (0.2%)
Haitian: 36 (0.2%)
Australian: 29 (0.2%)
Slavic: 25 (0.1%)
Czechoslovakian: 24 (0.1%)
Pennsylvania German: 21 (0.1%)
Iraqi: 20 (0.1%)
Slovene: 20 (0.1%)
Belgian: 19 (0.1%)
Armenian: 12 (0.06%)
Serbian: 8 (0.04%)
Latvian: 6 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Sun City:
19.4% (395)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
Germany
Sun City:
16.5% (336)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
Jordan
Sun City:
11.3% (230)
Arizona:
0.1% (1,319)
Poland
Sun City:
6.5% (133)
Arizona:
0.5% (5,025)
Kazakhstan
Sun City:
4.7% (96)
Arizona:
0.0% (433)
Asia, n.e.c.
Sun City:
3.9% (79)
Arizona:
0.1% (971)
Philippines
Sun City:
3.5% (71)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
Russia
Sun City:
3.3% (68)
Arizona:
0.4% (3,763)
Korea
Sun City:
3.2% (66)
Arizona:
1.2% (11,275)
Mexico
Sun City:
2.9% (59)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Sun City:
2.1% (42)
Arizona:
0.7% (6,565)
Haiti
Sun City:
1.9% (38)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,684)
England
Sun City:
1.7% (35)
Arizona:
1.1% (9,889)
Italy
Sun City:
1.6% (33)
Arizona:
0.4% (4,190)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,185
Other state: 33,234
Northeast: 5,081
Midwest: 16,714
South: 3,435
West: 7,788
87.6% of Sun City residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 36.3% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 6.9% lived in Arizona.
Sun City:
87.6%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 89
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 82
9th grade: 143
10th grade: 153
11th grade: 197
12th grade, no diploma: 320
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,765
Less than 1 year of college: 1,564
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,526
Associate degree: 1,397
Bachelor's degree: 2,762
Master's degree: 1,482
Professional school degree: 338
Doctorate degree: 194
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 234
Nursery to 4th grade: 19
5th and 6th grade: 20
7th and 8th grade: 123
9th grade: 60
10th grade: 335
11th grade: 210
12th grade, no diploma: 317
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,909
Less than 1 year of college: 2,816
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,840
Associate degree: 2,309
Bachelor's degree: 2,962
Master's degree: 1,721
Professional school degree: 194
Doctorate degree: 162
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 17,089
One, attached: 7,417
Two: 298
3 or 4: 408
5 to 9: 515
10 to 19: 359
20 to 49: 312
50 or more: 1,334
Mobile homes: 173
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.8%