Housing density: 1,786 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $448,740.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,402 (lower quartile is $1,125, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,126
Median gross rent in Sun City West, AZ in 2022: $1,659
Housing units in Sun City West with a mortgage: 6,482 (567 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 430 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 217
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $67,346
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $64,381
Median monthly housing costs: $832
Compare current foreclosures near Sun City West, AZ:
Size of family households: 9,292 2-persons, 270 3-persons, 12 5-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,025 1-person, 659 2-persons, 9 3-persons.
8 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (10 men, 42 women).
98.9% of residents of Sun City West speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (35% speak English very well, 65% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 1,131 (4.1%)
(72.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.8% Number of people working at home: 872 (26.0% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 91
5 to 9 minutes: 596
10 to 14 minutes: 424
15 to 19 minutes: 184
20 to 24 minutes: 267
25 to 29 minutes: 228
30 to 34 minutes: 186
35 to 39 minutes: 71
40 to 44 minutes: 107
45 to 59 minutes: 239
60 to 89 minutes: 95
90 or more minutes: 22
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 5,179 (74.2%)
Carpooled: 392 (5.6%)
Taxi: 226 (3.2%)
Bicycle: 80 (1.1%)
Walked: 34 (0.5%)
Worked at home: 872 (12.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.2%Males
1.3%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
100.0%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sun City West, Arizona
1932010 or later
1642000 to 2009
1091990 to 1999
211980 to 1989
241970 to 1979
1,283Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 2,752 (18.6%)
English: 2,502 (16.9%)
American: 1,539 (10.4%)
Irish: 1,486 (10.1%)
Italian: 893 (6.0%)
Polish: 763 (5.2%)
Norwegian: 725 (4.9%)
Scottish: 545 (3.7%)
Swedish: 324 (2.2%)
French: 306 (2.1%)
European: 283 (1.9%)
Dutch: 232 (1.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 207 (1.4%)
Russian: 156 (1.1%)
Czech: 145 (1.0%)
Danish: 141 (1.0%)
Swiss: 136 (0.9%)
Scandinavian: 129 (0.9%)
Finnish: 104 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 92 (0.6%)
Slovak: 65 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 63 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 60 (0.4%)
Northern European: 55 (0.4%)
Austrian: 50 (0.3%)
Romanian: 48 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 40 (0.3%)
Welsh: 39 (0.3%)
Greek: 35 (0.2%)
Czechoslovakian: 35 (0.2%)
British: 33 (0.2%)
Belgian: 32 (0.2%)
Croatian: 31 (0.2%)
Canadian: 30 (0.2%)
German Russian: 28 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.2%)
Bulgarian: 16 (0.1%)
Latvian: 15 (0.1%)
Eastern European: 14 (0.09%)
Yugoslavian: 8 (0.05%)
Syrian: 7 (0.05%)
Maltese: 3 (0.02%)
Assyrian: 1 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Sun City West:
37.0% (419)
Arizona:
4.3% (40,102)
Germany
Sun City West:
8.2% (93)
Arizona:
1.5% (14,058)
England
Sun City West:
4.2% (47)
Arizona:
1.1% (9,889)
France
Sun City West:
3.4% (39)
Arizona:
0.4% (3,628)
Philippines
Sun City West:
3.4% (38)
Arizona:
3.2% (30,378)
Korea
Sun City West:
3.4% (38)
Arizona:
1.2% (11,275)
Vietnam
Sun City West:
2.8% (32)
Arizona:
2.1% (19,199)
India
Sun City West:
2.6% (29)
Arizona:
4.5% (41,719)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Sun City West:
2.2% (25)
Arizona:
0.7% (6,565)
Cuba
Sun City West:
2.2% (25)
Arizona:
1.0% (8,899)
Argentina
Sun City West:
2.1% (24)
Arizona:
0.2% (2,126)
Taiwan
Sun City West:
2.0% (23)
Arizona:
0.5% (4,961)
Austria
Sun City West:
1.9% (21)
Arizona:
0.1% (905)
Switzerland
Sun City West:
1.9% (21)
Arizona:
0.1% (993)
Netherlands
Sun City West:
1.5% (17)
Arizona:
0.3% (2,465)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 823
Other state: 25,333
Northeast: 3,575
Midwest: 13,505
South: 2,163
West: 5,948
88.9% of Sun City West residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.9% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 3.4% lived in Arizona.
Sun City West:
88.9%
State average:
86.0%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 94
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 25
9th grade: 16
10th grade: 63
11th grade: 80
12th grade, no diploma: 58
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,058
Less than 1 year of college: 1,127
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,248
Associate degree: 835
Bachelor's degree: 2,855
Master's degree: 1,431
Professional school degree: 296
Doctorate degree: 234
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 35
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 147
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 74
11th grade: 93
12th grade, no diploma: 188
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,347
Less than 1 year of college: 1,371
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,375
Associate degree: 1,350
Bachelor's degree: 2,828
Master's degree: 1,782
Professional school degree: 265
Doctorate degree: 189
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 16,039
One, attached: 1,967
Two: 184
3 or 4: 72
5 to 9: 122
20 to 49: 195
50 or more: 1,140
Mobile homes: 76
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $86,188
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.7%
