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Sun City is a part of Menifee California. It was annexed by the City of Menifee in 2008. People still refer to Sun City as a neighborhood of Menifee. At the last 2010 census the US government recorded that the population of Sun City as a neighborhood of Menifee was approximately 18,000 residents. Sun City was a “master planned” senior community designed for citizens of retirement age, 55+ years old. Sun city was originally annexed by Menifee because it Sun City was about 4 square miles in size and there were economies of scale within local public services. The 4 square mile senior living community contains 2 golf courses, 2 senior recreation centers complete swimming pools and tennis courts.
The initial building of the master planned senior community was constructed in the early 1960’s. A second development began construction in the early 1990’s and a total of 4 master planned senior living communities became what is now the neighborhood of Sun City. Menifee began to flourish and by the late 2000’s many new condos, homes, retail shops, schools, tennis courts and golf courses were constructed supporting the town of Sun City. Because of the large senior citizen population in Sun City the Menifee Valley Medical Center was constructed in 2005.
According to the 2010 census conducted by the Unites States government, there were approximately 18-thousand residents in approximately 9-thousand households. Also according to that same census the Sun City population density was recorded at approximately 23-hundred residents per square mile. In 2010 there were approximately 10-thousand inhabitable housing units. Sun City has a low ethnic diversity with the 2010 census recording approximately 90% Caucasian, 2% African American, 1% Native American, 1% Asian, 3% from other races, and 3% claiming heritage from 2 of more ethnic groups.
In Sun City in 2010 there were approximately 9 thousand recorded households of which about 13% had kids 18 years old or younger living with them. Other information recorded about Sun City noted that about 53% of households were married couples co-habitating. ABout 41% of the total residents were considered non-families. Sun Valley also reported approximately 38% of the total households were comprised of single individuals and approximately 30% of the household had a senior citizen living alone. The same survey recorded Sun City possessing and average household size of about 2 and where the average family size was about 3 people.
The 2010 US census recorded that the age of the Sun Valley population was fairly diverse with an older aged resident bias. In Sun City it was reported that 14% of the residents were under the age of 18, 3% were aged from 18 to 24, 13% from 25 to 44, 17% from 45 to 64, and 53% who were 65 years of age or older. The average age was about 65 years. The breakdown between males in female was less diverse where females made up about 21% of the residents in Sun City, where the males accounted for about 79% of the total population. As mentioned above, Sun City is recognized for is sizable senior citizen resident population, most notably Americans of Caucasian decent. Sun City has many cultural and ethnic groups and more recently has been known for an expanding Jewish American resident group. Sun City’s average income per household was recorded by the 2010 census as approximately $33k per household. That same census also recorded that Sun City Males residents had an approximate average income of $42k and Sun City Females earned approximately $30k.
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