Another notable thing is that Quartzsite is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Quartzsite’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Quartzsite has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Quartzsite a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Quartzsite spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.57 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Quartzsite does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Quartzsite who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.19% of adults in Quartzsite have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Quartzsite in 2022 was $27,508, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,032 for a family of four. However, Quartzsite contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Quartzsite also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.63% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Quartzsite is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Quartzsite home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quartzsite residents report their race to be White. Quartzsite also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.12% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Quartzsite include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Danish.
In addition, Quartzsite has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.84%).
The most common language spoken in Quartzsite is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
