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Sun Lakes CDP, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Sun Lakes CDP is a Census CDP of 13,924 people across 5.38 square miles of land, in Maricopa County. Median household income is $67,853, 88.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $892,000.
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Sun Lakes
What Sun Lakes is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.38 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,590
- 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.
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How many people live in Sun Lakes
- Population13,924
- Median age73.5
- Population under 1827 plus or minus 47
- Share under 180.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Population 65 and over10,984
- Share 65 and over78.9 percent
- Households8,538
- Family households4,463
- Share of households that are families52.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sun Lakes
- Median household income$67,853
- Per capita income$54,895
- Civilian labor force2,939
- Employed2,807
- Unemployed132 plus or minus 91
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over13,806
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sun Lakes
- Housing units10,232
- Occupied units8,538
- Vacant units1,694 plus or minus 384
- Vacancy rate16.6 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied7,511
- Renter occupied1,027 plus or minus 295
- Ownership rate88.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$455,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,938
- Annual rent as a share of median income34.3 percent
- Single family units8,891
- Share single family86.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more581 plus or minus 188
- Share in buildings of two or more5.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Mobile homes686 plus or minus 154
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Sun Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,164 plus or minus 467
- Commuting under 15 minutes931 plus or minus 335
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.0 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more627 plus or minus 159
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.0 percent
- Drove alone70.4 percent
- Carpooled1.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Sun Lakes (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$892,000
- Average approval$446,000
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term126 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
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SBA loans in Sun Lakes (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$218,000
- Average approval$218,000
- Median approval$218,000
- Largest approval$218,000
- Jobs supported6
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Maricopa County, not Sun Lakes
Maricopa County context, not Sun Lakes 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 Lakes 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 Lakes. 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 Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sun Lakes, Arizona?
13,924, in 8,538 households. Sun Lakes CDP covers 5.38 square miles of land, which is 2,590 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sun Lakes 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 Lakes?
$67,853. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $455,200. Median gross rent is $1,938 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 Lakes businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $892,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $218,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sun Lakes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sun Lakes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sun Lakes. only 1 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 Lakes 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 Lakes.
Is zoning published for Sun Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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