Three championship golf courses, eight pools, dozens of clubs, and nearly 10,000 homes—inside Texas’s largest active-adult community, where retirement looks a lot more like an extended vacation.
Picture this: it’s a Tuesday morning, you’ve already finished nine holes, and you’re deciding between the woodworking shop, a pickleball ladder, or a watercolor class before lunch with friends you didn’t know a year ago. For the residents of Sun City Texas, that’s not a fantasy—it’s a fairly ordinary day. Built by Del Webb just northwest of I-35 in Georgetown, Sun City Texas is the largest 55-and-better active-adult community in the state, and one of the most complete retirement lifestyles you’ll find anywhere in Texas.
If you’re 55 or better and shopping homes for sale in Georgetown, this is the community that sets the standard. Here’s the full guide.
The Del Webb Pedigree and the Scale
Del Webb essentially invented the modern active-adult community, and Sun City Texas is one of its crown jewels. The numbers tell the story: more than 9,900 homes spread across roughly 5,300 acres, located about five miles northwest of I-35. That’s not a neighborhood—it’s a small city built entirely around the idea of living well after 55.
That scale is the point. It supports a depth of amenities, clubs, and golf that smaller 55+ communities simply can’t match, and it creates a genuine, self-sustaining community where it’s easy to find your people and your routine.
It also helps that the wider setting is Georgetown itself—a town the U.S. Census Bureau has repeatedly named the fastest-growing city in the nation, with a celebrated historic Square, the spring Red Poppy Festival, and Lake Georgetown and its trails just minutes away. Residents get a resort-style community and a charming small Texas city wrapped around it, which is a rare combination in active-adult living.
Golf and the Amenities
The amenity package at Sun City Texas reads like a resort that forgot to charge nightly rates. Residents enjoy:
- Three 18-hole championship golf courses—a rarity even among large active-adult communities.
- Eight swimming pools, indoor and outdoor.
- Four fitness centers for everything from cardio to strength to group classes.
- More than 86,000 square feet of amenity space, including activity centers, ballrooms, and hobby studios.
- Over 12 miles of trails for walking and cycling.
- A lakeside amphitheater for concerts and community events.
Add in tennis and pickleball courts, a softball complex, and dedicated spaces for arts, crafts, and woodworking, and you have a community designed so that the hardest decision of your day is what to do first.
Clubs, Activities, and the HOA Lifestyle
If the golf and pools are the skeleton, the clubs are the heart. Sun City Texas is known for its astonishing breadth of resident-run clubs and interest groups—covering everything from cards, dancing, and quilting to cycling, photography, travel, veterans’ groups, and far more. For newcomers, especially those relocating from out of state, this is often the single biggest draw: an instant on-ramp to friendships and a social calendar.
All of this is supported by a homeowners association and amenity structure that funds and maintains the facilities and programming. HOA dues are part of the cost of the lifestyle here, so factor them into your budget—but in exchange, residents get low-maintenance living and a turnkey social and recreational life that would be hard to assemble on your own. A Georgetown realtor familiar with the community can walk you through current dues and what they cover.
Homes, Floor Plans, and Pricing
Sun City Texas offers a wide spectrum of homes, which is part of why it appeals to such a broad range of buyers. Floor plans run from cozy designs around 940 square feet up past 3,000 square feet, including everything from low-maintenance attached and garden homes to spacious single-family residences. Custom and premium sections push the upper end higher.
Pricing generally ranges from the mid-$200,000s into the $500,000s, with custom sections climbing above that. That range makes Sun City unusually accessible for an amenity-rich 55+ community—you can find a right-sized home near the bottom of the Georgetown market or step up to a larger, premium build, all within the same gates.
Resale Versus New Construction
One of the practical decisions every Sun City buyer faces is resale versus new. Because the community has been building for years and is so large, a healthy inventory of resale homes is almost always available—often in established sections with mature landscaping, settled neighbors, and proximity to existing amenity centers.
Del Webb also continues to build new homes in the community’s newer phases, offering current floor plans, modern finishes, and the chance to customize. New construction may carry builder incentives; resale may offer mature surroundings and the ability to see exactly what you’re getting. Neither is universally “better”—it depends on whether you prioritize move-in-ready newness or established charm. This is a great question to work through with a local agent who knows the sections.
Who Sun City Texas Suits
Sun City Texas is built for one audience and serves it exceptionally well: active adults 55 and better who want a vibrant, low-maintenance lifestyle with golf, recreation, and a built-in social network. It’s a particularly strong fit for:
- Retirees and empty-nesters ready to trade yard work and stairs for amenities and free time.
- Out-of-state transplants drawn by Texas’s lack of a state income tax and Georgetown’s lower cost of living, who want a ready-made community.
- Golfers and joiners who’ll genuinely use three courses, eight pools, and dozens of clubs.
The age restriction means it’s not for buyers raising children, and the HOA structure won’t suit those who prefer no association at all. For its intended residents, though, few communities in Texas deliver more.
The Bottom Line
Sun City Texas is what active-adult living looks like at full scale: nearly 10,000 homes, three golf courses, eight pools, miles of trails, and a social calendar so full you’ll need a strategy. Add Georgetown’s lower cost of living and Texas’s lack of a state income tax, and it’s easy to see why it remains the gold standard for 55+ buyers shopping Georgetown, TX real estate. Explore floor plans and current availability through Del Webb, then connect with a Georgetown realtor who knows the community’s sections to find the home—and the lifestyle—that fits.
Market figures cited are approximate and current as of mid-2026; verify current data before making real estate decisions.
