Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
REVENUES
Income from real property	$ 620,917	$ 506,078	$ 357,793
Revenue from home sales	110,507	79,728	53,954
Rental home revenue	47,780	46,236	39,213
Ancillary revenues	33,424	24,532	17,801
Interest	18,113	15,938	14,462
Brokerage commissions and other revenues, net	3,037	2,219	1,036
Total revenues	833,778	674,731	484,259
COSTS AND EXPENSES
Property operating and maintenance	173,274	135,797	101,134
Real estate taxes	44,306	34,714	24,181
Cost of home sales	80,420	58,941	40,556
Rental home operating and maintenance	24,294	24,956	23,270
Ancillary expenses	23,425	17,519	12,584
Home selling expenses	9,744	7,476	5,235
General and administrative	64,087	47,455	37,387
Transaction costs	31,914	17,803	18,259
Depreciation and amortization	221,770	177,637	133,726
Asset impairment charge	0	0	837
Extinguishment of debt	1,127	2,800	0
Interest	119,163	107,659	73,771
Interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred OP units	3,152	3,219	3,210
Total expenses	796,676	635,976	474,150
Income before other items	37,102	38,755	10,109
Other expenses, net	(5,848)	0	0
Gain on disposition of properties, net	0	125,376	17,654
Gain on settlement	0	0	4,452
Current tax expense	(683)	(158)	(219)
Deferred tax (benefit) expense	(400)	1,000	0
Deferred tax benefit (expense)	(283)
Income from affiliate transactions	500	7,500	1,200
Net income	31,471	170,473	33,196
Less: Preferred return to Series A-1 preferred OP units	5,006	4,973	2,935
Less: Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests	150	10,054	1,752
Net income attributable to Sun Communities, Inc.	26,315	155,446	28,509
Less: Preferred stock distributions	8,946	13,793	6,133
Less: Preferred stock redemption costs	0	4,328	0
Net income attributable to Sun Communities, Inc. common stockholders	$ 17,369	$ 137,325	$ 22,376
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	65,856	53,686	41,337
Diluted	66,321	53,702	41,805
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$ 0.27	$ 2.53	$ 0.54
Diluted	$ 0.26	$ 2.52	$ 0.54