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Sun City, AZ
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Sun City profile


Living in Sun City



Sun City is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 39,931 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Sun City is the 27th largest community in Arizona.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.70% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The overall crime rate in Sun City is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sun City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sun City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

The education level of Sun City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.77% of adults in Sun City have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sun City in 2018 was $40,068, which is wealthy relative to Arizona, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,272 for a family of four. However, Sun City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sun City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sun City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sun City include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Sun City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.