Sun City is the retirement community Del Webb began grading in the Menifee Valley in 1961, and since 2008 it has been a neighborhood within the city of Menifee. Its single-story homes and civic halls give it a market that follows its own rules rather than those of the surrounding family tracts.

County: Riverside County · Temecula Valley & Southwest
Type: Unincorporated community
ZIP codes: 92585, 92586
Report options: Desktop from $299 · Standard from $699

The Sun City housing market

Homes date from the early 1960s through the early 1980s and are mostly compact single-family houses and attached units with garages or carports on small, level lots. Buyers are retirees and near-retirees, including owners downsizing from elsewhere in Southern California, some of whom use Proposition 19 to carry a property tax base to their replacement home. Condition varies widely, since some houses keep original kitchens, baths and systems while others have been fully renovated. Seasonal swings are modest compared with the family-oriented neighborhoods nearby.

Neighborhoods and communities

Cherry Hills
Encanto Drive
Bel Air Mobile Estates
Menifee Lakes (adjoining)
Quail Valley (adjoining)
Romoland (adjoining)

Property types we commonly appraise here

single-story detached homes
attached homes with carports
homes near the Cherry Hills golf course
manufactured homes in parks

What shapes value in Sun City

Age-restricted occupancy narrows the buyer pool, so other Sun City sales make far better comparables than newer Menifee tracts a short drive away. Original-condition homes from the 1960s and 1970s, attached units with shared walls and carport parking, and fully remodeled houses can sit on the same street, which makes condition and updating adjustments central to the analysis. Estate and trust settlements and Proposition 19 base-year transfers are frequent reasons for valuation here.

Around Sun City

Webb Hall, North Town Hall and the Civic Hall house the Sun City Civic Association's clubs, pools and events, and the Sun City Library and the shops along Cherry Hills Boulevard and Bradley Road are close by. Menifee Global Medical Center sits on McCall Boulevard within easy reach of the community.

Appraisals we prepare for Sun City properties

Desktop appraisals start at $299; Drive-By and Standard appraisals with a visit to the property start at $649 and $699. See pricing for every report type.

Sun City Home Appraisals