Sun City Windshield Replacement & Auto Glass Repair

The community that started America’s active-adult movement

Sun City sits about 16 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, bordered by Peoria, Surprise, Youngtown, and El Mirage. Opened on January 1, 1960 by developer Del Webb, it became the nation’s first master-planned active-adult community, drawing tens of thousands of visitors on opening weekend and landing on the cover of Time magazine.

Today, the community is governed by age-restriction covenants enforced by the Sun City Home Owners Association, generally requiring at least one resident per household to be 55 or older. Since Sun City is unincorporated, recreation is managed by the Recreation Centers of Sun City rather than a city parks department, and the area is well known for its street-legal golf cart culture, with residents cruising designated roads for everyday errands.

Despite its compact 14.5-square-mile footprint, Sun City packs in eight recreation centers, eight golf courses, bowling centers, and the man-made Viewpoint Lake for boating and fishing. With very few households having children under 18, there are no public K-12 campuses in the residential core, though the area falls under Peoria Unified School District for boundary purposes.