National ranking
The places with the oldest residents
Laguna Woods, CA ranks first by median age (74.9), within the margin of error of Sun City West, AZ. Ranked: 5,361 places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate.
Which U.S. places have the highest median age?
The places with the oldest residents, first to fifth: Laguna Woods, CA (74.9), Sun City West, AZ (74.8), The Villages, FL (74.1), Green Valley, AZ (73.6) and Sun Lakes, AZ (73.5).
| Rank | Place | Median age |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laguna Woods, CAwithin the margin | 74.9±1.5 |
| 2 | Sun City West, AZ | 74.8±0.6 |
| 3 | The Villages, FLwithin the margin | 74.1±0.3 |
| 4 | Green Valley, AZwithin the margin | 73.6±0.5 |
| 5 | Sun Lakes, AZwithin the margin | 73.5±0.9 |
| 6 | Sun City, AZwithin the margin | 72.7±0.7 |
| 7 | Saddlebrooke, AZwithin the margin | 72.4±1.2 |
| 8 | On Top of the World, FLwithin the margin | 71.4±0.7 |
| 9 | Holiday City-Berkeley, NJwithin the margin | 70.5±1.0 |
| 10 | Hot Springs Village, ARwithin the margin | 69.6±1.2 |
| 11 | Venice, FLwithin the margin | 69.2±1.0 |
| 12 | Sun City Center, FLwithin the margin | 69.1±1.3 |
| 13 | Iona, FLwithin the margin | 68.6±2.1 |
| 14 | Englewood, FLwithin the margin | 68.5±1.0 |
| 15 | Rotonda, FLwithin the margin | 68.2±1.7 |
| 16 | Marco Island, FLwithin the margin | 67.9±1.8 |
| 17 | West Vero Corridor, FLwithin the margin | 67.8±1.6 |
| 18 | Naples, FLwithin the margin | 67.3±1.4 |
| 19 | Sugarmill Woods, FLwithin the margin | 67.0±3.0 |
| 20 | Lady Lake, FLwithin the margin | 66.9±1.7 |
| 21 | Gold Canyon, AZwithin the margin | 66.6±1.2 |
| 22 | Punta Gorda, FLwithin the margin | 66.3±0.9 |
| 23 | Rancho Mirage, CAwithin the margin | 66.1±1.9 |
| 24 | Estero, FLwithin the margin | 66.0±1.0 |
| 25 | Pine Ridge (Citrus County), FLwithin the margin | 65.5±1.5 |
| 26 | Palmer Ranch, FLwithin the margin | 64.9±1.8 |
| 27 | Wildwood, FLwithin the margin | 64.2±0.9 |
| 27 | Manchester Township, NJwithin the margin | 64.2±1.0 |
| 29 | Rio Vista, CAwithin the margin | 63.8±2.7 |
| 29 | Hudson, FLwithin the margin | 63.8±2.1 |
| 31 | Laurel, FLwithin the margin | 63.7±1.4 |
| 32 | Mesquite, NVwithin the margin | 63.4±1.6 |
| 32 | North Fort Myers, FLwithin the margin | 63.4±0.8 |
| 34 | Ocean Pines, MDwithin the margin | 62.4±1.7 |
| 35 | Garden City, SCwithin the margin | 62.2±1.1 |
| 36 | Bonita Springs, FLwithin the margin | 62.1±1.2 |
| 37 | North Myrtle Beach, SCwithin the margin | 61.9±1.5 |
| 38 | Fountain Hills, AZwithin the margin | 61.5±1.4 |
| 38 | Seal Beach, CAwithin the margin | 61.5±1.6 |
| 40 | Little River, SCwithin the margin | 61.4±2.2 |
| 41 | Berkeley Township, NJwithin the margin | 61.3±1.4 |
| 42 | Fortuna Foothills, AZwithin the margin | 61.1±2.4 |
| 43 | Payson, AZwithin the margin | 60.9±2.3 |
| 44 | Port Townsend, WAwithin the margin | 60.8±2.0 |
| 45 | Pinehurst, NCwithin the margin | 60.6±2.5 |
| 46 | Fort Mohave, AZwithin the margin | 60.4±2.8 |
| 47 | Cypress Lake, FLwithin the margin | 60.2±2.4 |
| 48 | Hilton Head Island, SCwithin the margin | 59.8±1.1 |
| 49 | Prescott, AZwithin the margin | 59.7±1.9 |
| 50 | Brewster, MAwithin the margin | 59.6±4.7 |
| 51 | Dennis, MAwithin the margin | 59.5±2.0 |
| 52 | Liberty Triangle, FLwithin the margin | 59.3±3.1 |
| 53 | Cocoa Beach, FLwithin the margin | 59.2±2.2 |
| 54 | St. Simons, GAwithin the margin | 59.1±2.0 |
| 55 | Gulfport, FLwithin the margin | 58.8±2.3 |
| 56 | Harwich, MAwithin the margin | 58.6±1.5 |
| 56 | Fernandina Beach, FLwithin the margin | 58.6±2.3 |
| 58 | Palm Springs, CAwithin the margin | 58.5±1.0 |
| 59 | Sebastian, FLwithin the margin | 58.2±1.6 |
| 60 | Dunedin, FLwithin the margin | 58.0±1.4 |
| 61 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJwithin the margin | 57.8±1.8 |
| 61 | New Smyrna Beach, FLwithin the margin | 57.8±2.0 |
| 63 | Palm Desert, CAwithin the margin | 57.5±1.5 |
| 64 | Old Saybrook, CTwithin the margin | 57.4±1.9 |
| 65 | Tanque Verde, AZwithin the margin | 57.3±1.9 |
| 65 | Sonoma, CAwithin the margin | 57.3±2.3 |
| 67 | West Lealman, FLwithin the margin | 57.1±1.8 |
| 68 | North Palm Beach, FLwithin the margin | 57.0±2.2 |
| 68 | Hobe Sound, FLwithin the margin | 57.0±3.5 |
| 70 | Burr Ridge, ILwithin the margin | 56.9±3.8 |
| 71 | Camano, WAwithin the margin | 56.8±2.2 |
| 72 | Falmouth, MAwithin the margin | 56.6±1.4 |
| 73 | Lighthouse Point, FLwithin the margin | 56.3±2.3 |
| 73 | Jensen Beach, FLwithin the margin | 56.3±4.8 |
| 75 | Hull, MAwithin the margin | 56.1±1.8 |
| 75 | Ocean City, NJwithin the margin | 56.1±3.2 |
| 75 | Lake Havasu City, AZwithin the margin | 56.1±1.8 |
| 78 | Bullhead City, AZwithin the margin | 56.0±2.9 |
| 79 | Tucson Mountains, AZwithin the margin | 55.9±3.0 |
| 79 | Mashpee, MAwithin the margin | 55.9±1.8 |
| 81 | Paradise Valley, AZwithin the margin | 55.8±4.0 |
| 81 | Hampton, NHwithin the margin | 55.8±2.1 |
| 83 | Oro Valley, AZwithin the margin | 55.4±2.0 |
| 83 | Tarpon Springs, FLwithin the margin | 55.4±2.8 |
| 83 | Port Charlotte, FLwithin the margin | 55.4±1.0 |
| 86 | Catalina Foothills, AZwithin the margin | 55.3±1.7 |
| 86 | Seminole, FLwithin the margin | 55.3±3.0 |
| 88 | Wilton Manors, FLwithin the margin | 55.1±2.3 |
| 89 | Cottonwood, Yavapai County, AZwithin the margin | 54.7±5.2 |
| 90 | Kennebunk, MEwithin the margin | 54.6±3.3 |
| 90 | Yarmouth, MAwithin the margin | 54.6±3.1 |
| 92 | Morro Bay, CAwithin the margin | 54.3±2.8 |
| 93 | Southbury, CTwithin the margin | 54.2±2.4 |
| 93 | Branford, CTwithin the margin | 54.2±2.1 |
| 95 | Southampton Township, NJwithin the margin | 54.0±4.0 |
| 95 | Loyalsock Township, PAwithin the margin | 54.0±3.4 |
| 97 | Malibu, CAwithin the margin | 53.9±5.0 |
| 97 | Laguna Beach, CAwithin the margin | 53.9±1.4 |
| 97 | Tucson Estates, AZwithin the margin | 53.9±4.0 |
| 100 | Parole, MD | 53.8±2.8 |
Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · Check it at data.census.gov
How is this ranking made?
One figure is read for each of the places with 10,000 or more residents in 2020 and a reliable estimate: the median age. Places whose survey estimate has a coefficient of variation over 40% are left out, because the survey cannot place them reliably. Equal published figures share a rank. A ranking measures one number; it is not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Across the 100 places shown, the median age runs from 53.8 (Parole, MD) to 74.9 (Laguna Woods, CA); the middle place on the list stands at 59.6.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau · How ranks are computed
How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections