There is no city sales tax and the cost to operate Sun City AZ is considerably less than other cities with a population of about 40,000. Since Sun City AZ is an age-restricted community, residents must be 19 years of age or older and at least one member of the household must be 55 years of age or older.

One person on the title must be 45 years old or older to live in Sun City Grand. The same goes for a rental. You can, however, buy in the community at any age.

Sun City is part of Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metro metro area, which is ranked 101 out of 273 cities across the US in terms of cost of living. According to C2ER (the Council for Community and Economic Research), the cost of living in Sun City is estimated to be 98.5% of the national average making it an average US city.

There is no age requirement on property ownership in Sun City AZ.