City safety & data profile

Sun City WestAZ

Sun City West, AZ is a 25K-resident city in Maricopa County with a median household income of $63,685.

Maricopa County, Arizona. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sun City West, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sun City West has a population larger than 54% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $377,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

25K
Population (place)
Top 46%
By size
$63,685
Median income (place)
$377,800
Median home (place)
7.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sun City West

Sun City West posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sun City West area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Sun City West

Where Sun City West income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$63,685 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sun City West $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AZ

Population among 66 AZ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Phoenix is the largest AZ city on this list; Paradise Valley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AZ

Median household income among the same 66-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Paradise Valley posts the highest place-level median income in AZ; Phoenix is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Sun City West, AZ beyond the headline numbers

Sun City West sits inside Maricopa County, Arizona, at roughly 33.66°N, -112.34°W. Population 24,535, $63,685 median household income. Median home value $377,800, median rent $1,672. Poverty rate 7.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Sun City West, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.6%, poverty in Sun City West, AZ runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Sun City West costs around 5.9 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

22.4% of Sun City West workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 13.8% in Sun City West, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Sun City West workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 74.8 years, Sun City West's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sun City West from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
24,535
Sun City West · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$63,685
-29% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$377,800
-9% vs avg
Median Age (place)
74.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Maricopa County): Sun City West's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
4.6M+17%
Median Income
$89,300+67%
Median Home Value
$452,800+157%
Poverty Rate
11%-34%
Unemployment
4.5%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sun City West, AZ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,672/mo
Poverty Rate
7.6% -39% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.7%
Work From Home 22.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 93.6%
African American 1.2%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
53.8%
Short Sleep Duration
25.7%
Obesity
24.7%
Physical Inactivity
22.8%
Diabetes
16.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
13.8%
Current Asthma
9.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
8.2%
Current Smoking
6.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.1%
Annual Checkup 89.4%

Other Measures

Stroke
6.5%
Binge Drinking
5.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BANNER DEL E. WEBB MEDICAL CENTER
SUN CITY WEST · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Sun City West?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sun City West right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AZ-SUN-CITY-WEST · Sun City West

Sun City West: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sun City West; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arizona state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Sun City West, AZ? ▼
Sun City West, AZ has a population of 24,535 people, located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
What is the median household income in Sun City West? ▼
The median household income in Sun City West, AZ is $63,685 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.6%.
What is the median home value in Sun City West? ▼
The median home value in Sun City West, AZ is $377,800. Median rent is $1,672/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sun City West? ▼
The top health indicators in Sun City West include High Blood Pressure (53.8%), Short Sleep Duration (25.7%), Obesity (24.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sun City West? ▼
Sun City West has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sun City West? ▼
The median age in Sun City West, AZ is 74.8 years. 34.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sun City West, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AZ (7.6% here).

Coral Springs, FL 7.6% Warwick, RI 7.6% Farmington Hills, MI 7.6% Chino Hills, CA 7.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AZ ($63,685 here).

Lancaster, PA $63,690 Auburn, AL $63,668 Liberal, KS $63,706 Columbia, TN $63,719

Compare Sun City West with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Sun City West's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sun City West area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Maricopa County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.