Single-story living is a practical priority for many active adult buyers — eliminating stairs today and planning for the likelihood that stairs will become a problem tomorrow. Arizona's 55+ market is well-supplied with single-level floor plans, but not uniformly across all communities.
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Talk to a Specialist →Arizona's flat terrain and the active adult community market's design priorities make single-story homes the dominant product type in most 55+ communities. The original Sun City communities are overwhelmingly single-story — the 1960s through 1980s construction era prioritized grade-level living, and the floor plans reflect that. Sun City Grand, built in the 1990s and 2000s, continued the Del Webb tradition of single-story primary floor plans. PebbleCreek, Trilogy Vistancia, and Encanterra all have strong single-story inventories.
The communities most likely to have two-story homes in their mix are the newer developments where builders sometimes offer second-floor casita or bonus room options as upgrades. In these communities, single-story floor plans are still available but buyers should specifically request them rather than assuming the inventory is all single-level.
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In newer active adult communities — Heritage at Asante, Sun City Festival, newer Trilogy phases — some floor plans include second-floor elements. When searching specifically for single-story homes, filter the MLS by "single story" or "1 story" explicitly rather than assuming. Ask the listing agent to confirm no interior stairs — a den addition or casita connected by a step up can technically be single-floor but include level changes that matter.
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