East Whittier vs Quartz Hill

A side-by-side comparison of East Whittier and Quartz Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

East Whittier and Quartz Hill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Quartz Hill has the higher population (10,968 vs 10,061 in East Whittier). East Whittier has the higher median household income ($105,104 vs $104,017 in Quartz Hill). East Whittier has the higher median home value ($750,700 vs $455,500 in Quartz Hill).

Population, income & housing

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
Population	10,061	10,968
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,104	$104,017
Median home value	$750,700	$455,500
Median gross rent	$1,725	$1,469
Housing units	3,431	4,237
Homeownership rate	60.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
Population	10,356 → 10,061 (-2.8%)	10,003 → 10,968 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$76,373 → $105,104 (+37.6%)	$74,071 → $104,017 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$584,400 → $750,700 (+28.5%)	$335,500 → $455,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,491 → $1,725 (+15.7%)	$1,141 → $1,469 (+28.7%)

East Whittier

Population

10,35610,061

Median household income

$76,373$105,104

Median home value

$584,400$750,700

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,725

Quartz Hill

Population

10,00310,968

Median household income

$74,071$104,017

Median home value

$335,500$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
Under 5	4.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.8%
75 and over	7.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	49.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	10.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.0%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
No high school diploma	8.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
Drove alone	79.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
1-unit, detached	67.1%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.9%
20 or more units	22.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	East Whittier	Quartz Hill
Poverty rate	4.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1964	1976