Housing density: 2,014 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $462,783.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,793 (lower quartile is $1,466, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,164
Median gross rent in Sun Lakes, AZ in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Sun Lakes with a mortgage: 3,791 (163 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 160 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 66
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $74,712
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $59,083
Size of family households: 4,556 2-persons, 267 3-persons, 29 4-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,722 1-person, 354 2-persons.
544,876 married couples with children.
186,752 single-parent households (51,395 men, 135,357 women).
99.7% of residents of Sun Lakes speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 892 (6.1%)
(72.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.2% Number of people working at home: 740 (26.6% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 103
5 to 9 minutes: 503
10 to 14 minutes: 195
15 to 19 minutes: 150
20 to 24 minutes: 251
25 to 29 minutes: 148
30 to 34 minutes: 348
35 to 39 minutes: 94
40 to 44 minutes: 74
45 to 59 minutes: 108
60 to 89 minutes: 62
90 or more minutes: 46
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 1,467 (56.4%)
Carpooled: 287 (11.0%)
Taxi: 173 (6.7%)
Bicycle: 21 (0.8%)
Worked at home: 740 (28.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.4%Males
6.4%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
67.4%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
25.3%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sun Lakes, Arizona
2872010 or later
192000 to 2009
501990 to 1999
451980 to 1989
631970 to 1979
606Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 1,090 (13.8%)
German: 1,071 (13.6%)
American: 1,025 (13.0%)
Irish: 560 (7.1%)
Italian: 526 (6.7%)
Polish: 281 (3.6%)
Norwegian: 269 (3.4%)
European: 221 (2.8%)
Swedish: 178 (2.3%)
Canadian: 171 (2.2%)
Eastern European: 148 (1.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 120 (1.5%)
French: 100 (1.3%)
Russian: 87 (1.1%)
French Canadian: 85 (1.1%)
Scottish: 66 (0.8%)
Dutch: 60 (0.8%)
Scandinavian: 53 (0.7%)
Slovak: 50 (0.6%)
Welsh: 49 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.5%)
Australian: 37 (0.5%)
Finnish: 32 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.4%)
British: 28 (0.4%)
Greek: 21 (0.3%)
Serbian: 16 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 16 (0.2%)
Danish: 15 (0.2%)
Austrian: 13 (0.2%)
Czechoslovakian: 11 (0.1%)
African: 11 (0.1%)
Macedonian: 9 (0.1%)
New Zealander: 8 (0.1%)
Northern European: 7 (0.09%)
Czech: 7 (0.09%)
Romanian: 6 (0.08%)
Basque: 5 (0.06%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Sun Lakes:
48.0% (428)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
Germany
Sun Lakes:
5.9% (53)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
England
Sun Lakes:
5.0% (45)
Arizona:
1.1% (9,889)
Korea
Sun Lakes:
3.7% (33)
Arizona:
1.2% (11,275)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Sun Lakes:
3.4% (30)
Arizona:
0.7% (6,565)
Vietnam
Sun Lakes:
2.8% (25)
Arizona:
2.1% (19,199)
Australia
Sun Lakes:
2.6% (23)
Arizona:
0.2% (1,875)
Mexico
Sun Lakes:
2.6% (23)
Arizona:
53.4% (500,086)
Serbia
Sun Lakes:
2.1% (19)
Arizona:
0.1% (1,336)
Philippines
Sun Lakes:
1.9% (17)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
Argentina
Sun Lakes:
1.7% (15)
Arizona:
0.2% (2,126)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 772
Other state: 12,694
Northeast: 2,287
Midwest: 6,476
South: 1,049
West: 2,769
89.2% of Sun Lakes residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 35.9% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 12.8% lived in Arizona.
Sun Lakes:
89.2%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 22
9th grade: 99
10th grade: 8
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 59
High school graduate (or equivalency): 992
Less than 1 year of college: 404
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 885
Associate degree: 561
Bachelor's degree: 2,143
Master's degree: 819
Professional school degree: 234
Doctorate degree: 160
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 83
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 7
10th grade: 58
11th grade: 32
12th grade, no diploma: 72
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,849
Less than 1 year of college: 866
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,396
Associate degree: 917
Bachelor's degree: 1,688
Master's degree: 1,020
Professional school degree: 188
Doctorate degree: 44
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,717
One, attached: 508
3 or 4: 8
5 to 9: 37
10 to 19: 40
20 to 49: 105
50 or more: 340
Mobile homes: 775
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $245,731
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.6%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago