Housing density: 1,213 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $550,307.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,576 (lower quartile is $1,222, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $870
Median gross rent in Sun City, CA in 2022: $1,792
Housing units in Sun City with a mortgage: 3,200 (371 second mortgage, 146 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,194
In family households: 1,916,707 (357,691 male householders, 152,550 female householders)
376,381 spouses, 728,028 children (675,451 natural, 15,499 adopted, 37,078 stepchildren), 69,455 grandchildren, 34,232 brothers or sisters, 33,896 parents, foster children, 57,727 other relatives, 76,462 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 237,105 (84,686 male householders (58,397 living alone)), 91,333 female householders (74,097 living alone)), 61,086 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 35,829 (20,862 institutionalized population)
308,692 married couples with children.
98,911 single-parent households (26,262 men, 72,649 women).
88.4% of residents of Sun City speak English at home.
8.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 3,021 (10.6%)
(115.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 75.9% Number of people working at home: 887 (11.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 50
5 to 9 minutes: 249
10 to 14 minutes: 364
15 to 19 minutes: 497
20 to 24 minutes: 456
25 to 29 minutes: 187
30 to 34 minutes: 553
35 to 39 minutes: 75
40 to 44 minutes: 130
45 to 59 minutes: 410
60 to 89 minutes: 452
90 or more minutes: 411
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 3,286 (82.0%)
Carpooled: 471 (11.8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0.4%)
Railroad: 7 (0.2%)
Taxi: 8 (0.2%)
Motorcycle: 5 (0.1%)
Walked: 34 (0.8%)
Other means: 8 (0.2%)
Worked at home: 171 (4.3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sun City, California
431995 to March 2000
591990 to 1994
1291985 to 1989
951980 to 1984
1441975 to 1979
1011970 to 1974
1301965 to 1969
931Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Other: 4,293 (21.1%)
German: 3,081 (15.1%)
English: 2,909 (14.3%)
Irish: 2,529 (12.4%)
United States: 1,090 (5.3%)
Italian: 1,063 (5.2%)
French: 907 (4.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 678 (3.3%)
Polish: 568 (2.8%)
Swedish: 565 (2.8%)
Norwegian: 479 (2.4%)
Scottish: 470 (2.3%)
Dutch: 447 (2.2%)
Hungarian: 214 (1.1%)
Czech: 189 (0.9%)
Danish: 155 (0.8%)
Russian: 133 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 131 (0.6%)
Welsh: 105 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 99 (0.5%)
Arab: 84 (0.4%)
Swiss: 54 (0.3%)
Greek: 47 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.10%)
Slovak: 7 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Sun City:
36.3% (592)
California:
44.3% (3,928,701)
Canada
Sun City:
12.7% (208)
California:
1.6% (141,181)
United Kingdom
Sun City:
8.3% (135)
California:
1.5% (133,090)
Germany
Sun City:
7.4% (120)
California:
1.1% (98,160)
Costa Rica
Sun City:
4.0% (65)
California:
0.1% (12,252)
Hungary
Sun City:
2.5% (41)
California:
0.2% (16,885)
Italy
Sun City:
2.4% (39)
California:
0.4% (38,450)
Netherlands
Sun City:
2.2% (36)
California:
0.3% (22,311)
Sweden
Sun City:
2.0% (32)
California:
0.1% (11,383)
Japan
Sun City:
1.9% (31)
California:
1.3% (112,212)
Poland
Sun City:
1.7% (27)
California:
0.3% (24,638)
Other Eastern Europe
Sun City:
1.6% (26)
California:
0.4% (32,049)
Indonesia
Sun City:
1.6% (26)
California:
0.4% (32,148)
Philippines
Sun City:
1.5% (25)
California:
7.5% (664,935)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,954
Other state: 10,135
Northeast: 1,903
Midwest: 4,977
South: 2,013
West: 1,242
56% of Sun City residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in California.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 28
Nursery to 4th grade: 35
5th and 6th grade: 93
7th and 8th grade: 237
9th grade: 126
10th grade: 221
11th grade: 213
12th grade, no diploma: 358
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,932
Less than 1 year of college: 557
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,213
Associate degree: 324
Bachelor's degree: 516
Master's degree: 221
Professional school degree: 89
Doctorate degree: 72
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 55
Nursery to 4th grade: 21
5th and 6th grade: 70
7th and 8th grade: 296
9th grade: 238
10th grade: 406
11th grade: 377
12th grade, no diploma: 558
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,749
Less than 1 year of college: 871
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,600
Associate degree: 504
Bachelor's degree: 533
Master's degree: 195
Professional school degree: 63
Doctorate degree: 27
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,601
One, attached: 638
Two: 50
3 or 4: 119
5 to 9: 45
10 to 19: 17
50 or more: 124
Mobile homes: 862
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,864
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.1%