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Quartz HillCA

Quartz Hill, CA is a 11K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $105,443.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Quartz Hill, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Quartz Hill has a population larger than 6% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $485,300.

Data updated 2026-09-05

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 7%
By size
$105,443
Median income (place)
$485,300
Median home (place)
11.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Quartz Hill

Quartz Hill posts a median household income higher than 73% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 27%
by median income, US cities

Where Quartz Hill income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$105,443 Top 27% higher than 73% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Quartz Hill $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Quartz Hill, CA beyond the headline numbers

Quartz Hill sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 34.65°N, -118.22°W. Population 10,912, $105,443 median household income. Median home value $485,300, median rent $1,540. Poverty rate 11.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Quartz Hill, CA stands at 11.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Quartz Hill runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 11.2% of Quartz Hill workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 26.7% in Quartz Hill, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Quartz Hill from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,912
Quartz Hill · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$105,443
+18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$485,300
+17% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Quartz Hill's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
9.8M-1%
Median Income
$90,112+61%
Median Home Value
$834,200+99%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-23%
Unemployment
7.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Quartz Hill, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,540/mo
Poverty Rate
11.3% -9% vs avg
Unemployment 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.6%
Work From Home 11.2%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 56.2%
African American 7.9%
Asian 2.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.2%
High Blood Pressure
29.3%
Obesity
26.7%
Physical Inactivity
21.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.5%
Binge Drinking
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.9%
Current Smoking
11.5%
Diabetes
10.3%
Current Asthma
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.2%
Annual Checkup 71.7%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Quartz Hill?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Quartz Hill right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-QUARTZ-HILL · Quartz Hill

Quartz Hill: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Quartz Hill; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Quartz Hill, CA? ▼
Quartz Hill, CA has a population of 10,912 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Quartz Hill? ▼
The median household income in Quartz Hill, CA is $105,443 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.3%.
What is the median home value in Quartz Hill? ▼
The median home value in Quartz Hill, CA is $485,300. Median rent is $1,540/month.
What are the top health concerns in Quartz Hill? ▼
The top health indicators in Quartz Hill include Short Sleep Duration (35.2%), High Blood Pressure (29.3%), Obesity (26.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Quartz Hill? ▼
The median age in Quartz Hill, CA is 37.5 years. 17.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Quartz Hill, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (11.3% here).

Town 'n' Country, FL 11.3% Haverhill, MA 11.3% Columbus, IN 11.3% Titusville, FL 11.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($105,443 here).

Silverdale, WA $105,483 Vincentown, NJ $105,547 Anna, TX $105,593 Sicklerville, NJ $105,602

Compare Quartz Hill with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Quartz Hill's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Quartz Hill area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Quartz Hill against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Los Angeles County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.