Photo: ShticktatorTal · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Quartz Hill works elsewhere
Employers in Quartz Hill report 1,422 jobs, and 5,140 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Quartz Hill are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Quartz Hill is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Quartz Hill, in brief
Quartz Hill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Quartz Hill is Los Angeles, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (1,042) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Quartz Hill works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Quartz Hill: Lancaster (18%) and Palmdale (12%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Quartz Hill
64% of Quartz Hill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Quartz Hill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Quartz Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Quartz Hill is a place people come home to
There are 1,422 jobs based in Quartz Hill, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Quartz Hill has about 7,800 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Quartz Hill gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Quartz Hill is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #509 of 847 in California. Household income holds Quartz Hill’s grade up ($105,443, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Quartz Hill could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How far Quartz Hill’s workers travel
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Services make up most of the work in Quartz Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quartz Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,407 → 1,422. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quartz Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 35 minutes from Quartz Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quartz Hill workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,154 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Quartz Hill
On a workday 4,979 residents head out to work, 161 work right here, and 1,261 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Quartz Hill on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Quartz Hill clocks in
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most of Quartz Hill commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Quartz Hill is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #760 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,678 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Quartz Hill households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Quartz Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,650th of 2,695: where Quartz Hill ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,648 | Callaway FL | 14,369 | $66K | 9.6% | 3.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,649 | Pleasanton TX | 11,511 | $65K | 12.6% | 3.0% | 17% | B− |
| 1,650 | Quartz Hill CA | 11,510 | $105K | 11.3% | 7.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,651 | Gonzales LA | 13,930 | $75K | 9.0% | 7.9% | 13% | B− |
| 1,652 | Ellicott NY | 8,558 | $61K | 11.0% | 2.5% | 19% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Quartz Hill, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 30% of Quartz Hill’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lancaster (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quartz Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz Hill | – | B− | C | 35 min | $105,443 |
| Lancaster | 18% | C | B+ | 31 min | $81,511 |
| Palmdale | 12% | C | B | 40 min | $81,770 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Quartz Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Quartz Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Quartz Hill?
$105,443 (±$9,971) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quartz Hill?
11.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quartz Hill?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quartz Hill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (20%, 45 mi), Lancaster (18%, 4 mi), Palmdale (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Quartz Hill walkable?
Quartz Hill is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Quartz Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quartz Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quartz Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.