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Sun City West CDP, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Sun City West CDP is a Census CDP of 27,425 people across 11.93 square miles of land, in Maricopa County. Median household income is $63,685, 88.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.5 m.
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Sun City West
What Sun City West is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area11.93 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,300
- County holding the largest share of its areaMaricopa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sun City West
How many people live in Sun City West
- Population27,425
- Median age74.8
- Population under 1892 plus or minus 44
- Share under 180.3 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Population 65 and over23,316
- Share 65 and over85.0 percent
- Households16,333
- Family households9,682
- Share of households that are families59.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sun City West
Income and work in Sun City West
- Median household income$63,685
- Per capita income$52,476
- Civilian labor force3,798
- Employed3,653
- Unemployed145 plus or minus 81
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over27,281
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sun City West
Housing in Sun City West
- Housing units19,120
- Occupied units16,333
- Vacant units2,787
- Vacancy rate14.6 percent
- Owner occupied14,393
- Renter occupied1,940
- Ownership rate88.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$377,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,672 plus or minus $344
- Annual rent as a share of median income31.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units17,597
- Share single family92.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,465 plus or minus 303
- Share in buildings of two or more7.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Mobile homes58 plus or minus 49
- Median year structure built1989
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sun City West
How Sun City West gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,692
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,222 plus or minus 289
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more753 plus or minus 187
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.0 percent
- Drove alone69.4 percent
- Carpooled2.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home22.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sun City West
SBA loans in Sun City West (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,537,800
- Average approval$589,633
- Median approval$527,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,655,000
- Largest approval$1,655,000
- Jobs supported48
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sun City West
SBA loans in Sun City West (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,161,000
- Average approval$580,500
- Median approval$794,000
- Largest approval$794,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Maricopa County, not Sun City West
Maricopa County context, not Sun City West figures
These are Maricopa County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sun City West measurements.
- Establishments in Maricopa County109,863
- Employment at those establishments, Maricopa County2,016,986
- Covered employment, Maricopa County2,280,645
- Average annual pay, Maricopa County$73,840
- Average weekly wage, Maricopa County$1,420
- Housing units permitted, Maricopa County36,380
- Of those, single family, Maricopa County21,667
- County product, 2024, Maricopa County$419,250,222,000
- County product change over the prior year, Maricopa County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Maricopa County$98,820
Every figure in this section is published for Maricopa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sun City West. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sun City West questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sun City West, Arizona?
27,425, in 16,333 households. Sun City West CDP covers 11.93 square miles of land, which is 2,300 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sun City West in?
Maricopa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sun City West?
$63,685. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $377,800. Median gross rent is $1,672 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sun City West businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.5 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $527,300, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sun City West, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sun City West borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sun City West. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sun City West figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Maricopa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sun City West.
Is zoning published for Sun City West?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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