Another notable thing is that Quartzsite is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially 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.
One of the benefits of Quartzsite is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.57 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Quartzsite does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Quartzsite is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.19% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Quartzsite in 2018 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.
Quartzsite also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.84%.
The most common language spoken in Quartzsite is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
