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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Quartzsite has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Quartzsite has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Quartzsite than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Quartzsite may be for you.
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.
Quartzsite is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Quartzsite is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.19% of adults 25 and older in the town 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.
