Sun City West is a medium-sized town located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 25,806 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Sun City West is the 34th largest community in Arizona.

Of important note, Sun City West is also a town of artists. Sun City West has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sun City West’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 West 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.

Being a small town, Sun City West does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Sun City West citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.82% of adults in Sun City West have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sun City West in 2022 was $47,913, which is wealthy relative to Arizona and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $191,652 for a family of four. However, Sun City West contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Sun City West is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.