Quartz Hill vs Sierra Madre

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

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

Sierra Madre has the higher population (11,020 vs 10,968 in Quartz Hill). Sierra Madre has the higher median household income ($141,094 vs $104,017 in Quartz Hill). Sierra Madre has the higher median home value ($1,172,200 vs $455,500 in Quartz Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
Population	10,968	11,020
Median age	37.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,017	$141,094
Median home value	$455,500	$1,172,200
Median gross rent	$1,469	$2,086
Housing units	4,237	5,113
Homeownership rate	70.6%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
Population	10,003 → 10,968 (+9.6%)	10,932 → 11,020 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$74,071 → $104,017 (+40.4%)	$100,988 → $141,094 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$335,500 → $455,500 (+35.8%)	$969,700 → $1,172,200 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,469 (+28.7%)	$1,615 → $2,086 (+29.2%)

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

Sierra Madre

Population

10,93211,020

Median household income

$100,988$141,094

Median home value

$969,700$1,172,200

Median gross rent

$1,615$2,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
Under 5	6.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.0%
75 and over	7.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	55.7%
Black or African American	7.9%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	1.9%	17.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
No high school diploma	12.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	34.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
Drove alone	79.9%	67.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.9%
Public transit	1.3%	4.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	23.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
1-unit, detached	78.1%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	13.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Quartz Hill	Sierra Madre
Poverty rate	10.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.88	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1976	1959