Work & commute · Sun City West

Work & commute in Sun City West, AZ

Most working residents leave Sun City West for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (32%), Tempe (7%) and Scottsdale (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

400 of 4,622 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,222 Sun City West residents head out of town to work, 400 work right here, and 4,803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun City West.

4,222live here, work elsewhere

400live and work here

4,803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun City West goes to work

Phoenix16.8 mi away

32%1,458

Sun City West (in town)right here

9%400

Tempe31.3 mi away

7%330

Scottsdale28.5 mi away

6%267

Glendale13.6 mi away

5%237

Mesa41.4 mi away

4%199

Surprise5.5 mi away

4%192

Chandler39.6 mi away

4%176

Peoria8.8 mi away

4%175

Gilbert43.2 mi away

2%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,084

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sun City West commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

35%

30%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun City West is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun City West are

5,203 jobs are based in Sun City West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sun City West’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sun City West

5,203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Sun City West residents hold

4,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in Sun City West, 2013 → 2023: 4,575 → 5,203. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.