Sun City, AZ

The affordability dashboard for Sun City, AZ aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 2 ZIP codes covering 45,145 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of F (37/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $60,775, median home value of $302,642, median rent of $1,717 per month, and 27.2% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $1,839 per month (studio $1,457, 1BR $1,583, 3BR $2,452, 4BR $2,720). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $14,040 per year, consuming 23% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Pressure points are housing, rent, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 5.4% and poverty 9.0% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.