Malibu vs Quartz Hill

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

Malibu 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 10,516 in Malibu). Malibu has the higher median household income ($192,159 vs $104,017 in Quartz Hill). Malibu has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $455,500 in Quartz Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
Population	10,516	10,968
Median age	50.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$192,159	$104,017
Median home value	$2,000,001	$455,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,469
Housing units	6,430	4,237
Homeownership rate	73.8%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
Population	12,620 → 10,516 (-16.7%)	10,003 → 10,968 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$150,747 → $192,159 (+27.5%)	$74,071 → $104,017 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$335,500 → $455,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,403 → $3,501 (+45.7%)	$1,141 → $1,469 (+28.7%)

Malibu

Population

12,62010,516

Median household income

$150,747$192,159

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,403$3,501

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)

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
Under 5	2.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.8%
75 and over	10.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	49.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	3.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
No high school diploma	1.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	7.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
Drove alone	52.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.2%	10.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
1-unit, detached	61.9%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.9%
20 or more units	8.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Malibu	Quartz Hill
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1975	1976