Bouse vs Quartzsite

A side-by-side comparison of Bouse and Quartzsite: population, income, housing, and more.

Bouse and Quartzsite are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Quartzsite has the higher population (1,805 vs 1,119 in Bouse). Bouse has the higher median household income ($38,242 vs $24,359 in Quartzsite). Bouse has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $72,800 in Quartzsite).

Population, income & housing

	Bouse	Quartzsite
Population	1,119	1,805
Median age	75.5 yrs	71.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,242	$24,359
Median home value	$123,900	$72,800
Median gross rent	—	$682
Housing units	802	2,004
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	55.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bouse	Quartzsite
Population	1,108 → 1,119 (+1.0%)	3,714 → 1,805 (-51.4%)
Median household income	$51,767 → $38,242 (-26.1%)	$20,979 → $24,359 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $123,900 (+34.1%)	$50,800 → $72,800 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$510 → $682 (+33.7%)

Bouse

Population

1,1081,119

Median household income

$51,767$38,242

Median home value

$92,400$123,900

Quartzsite

Population

3,7141,805

Median household income

$20,979$24,359

Median home value

$50,800$72,800

Median gross rent

$510$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bouse	Quartzsite
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.3%
25 to 34	3.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	0.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.7%	17.5%
55 to 64	7.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	20.3%	26.6%
75 and over	59.1%	37.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bouse	Quartzsite
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bouse	Quartzsite
No high school diploma	10.9%	32.8%
High school graduate	58.5%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bouse	Quartzsite
Drove alone	56.8%	62.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.4%	35.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bouse	Quartzsite
1-unit, detached	25.9%	17.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	74.1%	75.7%

Poverty & households

	Bouse	Quartzsite
Poverty rate	7.8%	26.5%
Average household size	1.89	1.41
Mean commute (minutes)	15	4
Median year structure built	1987	1989