| Elgin, IL | Sun Lakes, AZ | United States |
Overall | 95.4 | 113.0 | 100 |
Food & Groceries | 96.3 | 100.3 | 100 |
Health | 92.7 | 92.5 | 100 |
Housing | 80.4 | 149.5 | 100 |
Median Home Cost | $264,200 | $351,700 | $338,100 |
Utilities | 9,880.0% | 10,240.0% | 10,000.0% |
Transportation | 90.9 | 119.8 | 100 |
Miscellaneous | 138.6 | 106.0 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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When I first moved to Elgin 2 years ago I did not like it. I lived in a mobile home park near the river and highway 90 in a senior community that over prices it's lot More
Hi, as a way of updating the post for Elgin and providing a rebuttal for some of the negative reviews, I've decided to post on this board. I've lived in Elgin since More
I have lived in Elgin my whole life and it is very sad to read these comments about my town.... I'm a senior at South Elgin High School and I will be graduating this More
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Reviews for Sun Lakes 7 Reviews
Great place to live very inexpensive HOA great restaurants at half the price of regular house restaurant drinks half price Golf $35 you can’t beat the place and More
Wow, this place sucka. Patrol is a joke with senile old men, CCRs not enforced unless you are a whiney loudmouth or on the board. Landscape committee. Cost us thousands More
Sun Lakes used to be a nice, quiet 55+ community but in the past few years it has become fallen victim to short term rentals, investors, speculators, house flippers and More
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