Ehrenberg vs Quartzsite

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

Ehrenberg 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 946 in Ehrenberg). Ehrenberg has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $24,359 in Quartzsite). Since 2019, Ehrenberg's population has grown faster (-18.4% vs -51.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
Population	946	1,805
Median age	22.8 yrs	71.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$24,359
Median home value	—	$72,800
Median gross rent	$719	$682
Housing units	797	2,004
Homeownership rate	61.0%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	55.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
Population	1,160 → 946 (-18.4%)	3,714 → 1,805 (-51.4%)
Median household income	$35,469 → $53,750 (+51.5%)	$20,979 → $24,359 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $155,900 (+113.0%)	$50,800 → $72,800 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $719 (+20.6%)	$510 → $682 (+33.7%)

Ehrenberg

Population

1,160946

Median household income

$35,469$53,750

Median home value

$73,200$155,900

Median gross rent

$596$719

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)

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
Under 5	18.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	22.1%	0.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	1.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	1.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	26.6%
75 and over	10.7%	37.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.7%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
No high school diploma	1.1%	32.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	52.1%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
Drove alone	91.8%	62.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	35.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
1-unit, detached	25.2%	17.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	68.9%	75.7%

Poverty & households

	Ehrenberg	Quartzsite
Poverty rate	48.5%	26.5%
Average household size	2.05	1.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	4
Median year structure built	1987	1989