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Sun City
California, United States · North America
About Sun City
Sun City sits on the route: 10 minutes from Quail Valley.
Sun City is in California, United States, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Quail Valley, about 4 km away.
Sun City is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States, and now a neighborhood of the city of Menifee, California. Along with the neighboring communities of Quail Valley and Menifee, it was incorporated as part of the City of Menifee on October 1, 2008. The population whenRead more
Sun City was a CDP was 17,773 at the 2000 census. Sun City is located along Interstate 215 just south of the city of Perris.
As of 2022, there are 26,987 residents in Sun City, with a median age of 47. Of this, 49.17% are males and 50.83% are females. US-born citizens make up 85.81% of the resident pool in Sun City, while non-US-born citizens account for 9.77%.
Sun City is a master-planned community for senior citizens over age 55. The four-square-mile residential community has one public golf course, two recreation centers with tennis courts, paddle ball courts, lawn bowling grassed courts and two swimming pools, and a commercial center consisting of supermarkets, small retail shops, full service restaurants, and quick-service restaurants. The site planning of the planned community began in 1960, making it the second retirement community originated by Del Webb, and groundbreaking occurred in December 1961. This original Sun City SoCal (Southern California) was one of the four "Sun Cities" designed hands-on by Del Webb.
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Sun City is in California, United States, about 4 km from Quail Valley.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 19,579
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 33.7092, -117.1973
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