Quartz Hill, California

Back to Quartz Hill, CA housing info, Los Angeles County, California, CA smaller cities, CA small cities, All Cities.   We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Quartz Hill, CA Los Angeles County Population in July 2007: 10,234. Males: 5,061   (49.5%) Females: 5,173   (50.5%) Median resident age:   35.4 years California median age:   33.3 years Zip codes: 93536. Estimated median household income in 2007: $62,346 (it was $49,098 in 2000) Quartz Hill:   $62,346 California:   $59,948 Estimated per capita income in 2007: $28,409 Quartz Hill:   $28,409 California:   $28,678 Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $391,661 (it was $133,900 in 2000) Quartz Hill:   $391,661 California:   $532,300 Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $325,161; Detached houses: $349,001; Townhouses or other attached units: $170,956; Mobile homes: $27,196 Quartz Hill, CA residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Profiles of local businesses: Stoebe Services Races in Quartz Hill: White Non-Hispanic (74.2%) Hispanic (15.3%) Other race (6.1%) Black (5.0%) Two or more races (4.2%) American Indian (2.4%) Filipino (0.8%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) 2008 cost of living index in Quartz Hill: 135.4 (high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Quartz Hill, California on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Quartz Hill is mentioned 96 times on our forum: Is Lancaster / Palmdale as horrible as they say??  (95 replies) Los Angeles suburbs....  (51 replies) All you (n)ever wanted to know about Ridgecrest  (111 replies) Buying a house in LA  (62 replies) Antelope Valley through pictures  (15 replies) Lancaster, CA area  (61 replies) Ancestries: German (19.4%), Irish (14.0%), English (12.7%), Italian (5.7%), United States (5.3%), French (4.0%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Elevation: 2450 feet Land area: 3.82 square miles. Population density: 2682 people per square mile   (average).

Average climate in Quartz Hill, California

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Quartz Hill-area historical earthquake activity is above California state average. It is 2806% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 50.4 miles away from Quartz Hill center, causing $50,000,000 total damage
On 1/17/1994 at 12:30:55, a magnitude 6.8 (6.4 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.7 MW, Depth: 11.4 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 39.8 miles away from the city center, causing 60 deaths (60 shaking deaths) and 7000 injuries
On 6/28/1992 at 15:05:30, a magnitude 6.9 (6.3 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.5 MW, 6.9 ME, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 83.9 miles away from the city center
On 4/21/1918 at 22:32:30, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK) earthquake occurred 73.3 miles away from Quartz Hill center
On 2/9/1971 at 14:00:41, a magnitude 6.5 (6.5 UK) earthquake occurred 20.0 miles away from the city center, causing 65 deaths (65 shaking deaths), causing $535,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/1990 at 23:43:36, a magnitude 6.2 (5.5 MB, 5.5 MS, 6.2 ML, 5.7 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 44.8 miles away from Quartz Hill center, causing $12,000,000 total damage
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Birthplace of: Glenn Jones - College basketball player (Cal Poly Mustangs).

Political contributions by individuals in Quartz Hill, CA

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Notable location: Quartz Hill Branch County of Los Angeles Public Library (A). Display/hide its location on the map Post office: Quartz Hill Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.9 people
California:	2.9 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	76.5%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	5.9%
Whole state:	5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.3% of all households

This place:	11.9%
Whole state:	14.2%

This place:	3.8%
Whole state:	6.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Quartz Hill, CA

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3.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,821 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.22%
California average:	5.75%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,038 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	0.14%
California average:	0.21%

from Orange County, CA	0.46% ($46,009 average AGI)
from San Bernardino County, CA	0.30% ($37,904)
from San Diego County, CA	0.15% ($41,486)

4.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($50,578 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.58%
California average:	6.27%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($782 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	0.06%
California average:	0.11%

to San Bernardino County, CA	0.64% ($39,463 average AGI)
to Orange County, CA	0.60% ($54,756)
to Riverside County, CA	0.35% ($50,596)

• Lottie L Thompson, 6135 W. Avenue M (Quartz Hill #1016), Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.6 m, Overall height: 55.5 m
  Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1101 Perimeter Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173, Phone: (847) 240-1508, Email:

• 5030 W Ave L-14, Call Sign: KSU511, Licensee ID: L00007682
  Assigned Frequencies : 154.400 MHz
  Grant Date: 05/26/2005, Expiration Date: 08/13/2015
  Registrant: County Of Los Angeles, 1110 N Eastern Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90063, Phone: (323) 267-3004, Fax: (323) 262-4607, Email:
• 5030 W Ave L 14, Call Sign: WIK488, Licensee ID: L00007682
  Assigned Frequencies : 485.662 MHz, 473.512 MHz, 473.537 MHz, 485.687 MHz, 485.712 MHz, 485.737 MHz, 485.762 MHz, 485.787 MHz
  Grant Date: 01/26/2005, Expiration Date: 04/02/2015
  Registrant: County Of Los Angeles, 1110 N Eastern Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90063, Phone: (323) 267-3004, Fax: (323) 262-4607, Email:

• STATION, Mt Mc Dill 6.3 Mi Sw Of, Overall height: 19.5 m, Call Sign: WNEM673
  Assigned Frequencies : 6835.00 MHz, 6815.00 MHz
  Grant Date: 02/21/1996, Expiration Date: 02/21/2001, Cancelation Date: 05/27/2001
  Registrant: Phone: (213) 367-5883
• STATION, Mount Mc Dill 6.3 Mi Sw Of, Overall height: 19.5 m, Call Sign: WNEU350, Licensee ID: L00002936
  Assigned Frequencies : 6063.80 MHz, 6093.45 MHz
  Grant Date: 10/18/2007, Expiration Date: 01/14/2018
  Registrant: City Of Los Angeles-Dept. Of Water & Power
• HAUSER PEAK, Hauser Peak 7 Mi S Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 19.5 m, Call Sign: WNEU354, Licensee ID: L00002936
  Assigned Frequencies : 6845.00 MHz, 6835.00 MHz
  Grant Date: 10/18/2007, Expiration Date: 01/14/2018
  Registrant: City Of Los Angeles-Dept. Of Water & Power
• QUARTZ HILLS, 5104 West Avenue M, Type: Mast, Structure height: 18.3 m, Overall height: 22.9 m, Call Sign: WPQM226, Licensee ID: L00129894
  Assigned Frequencies : 10553.7 MHz, 11215.0 MHz
  Grant Date: 06/07/2000, Expiration Date: 06/07/2010, Certifier: William S Purcell
  Registrant: Los Angeles Smsa Limited Partnership
• STATION, 6500 W Ave N, Overall height: 9.4 m, Call Sign: WED763
  Assigned Frequencies : 6715.00 MHz
  Grant Date: 12/15/1998, Expiration Date: 01/13/2009, Cancelation Date: 03/21/2009
  Registrant: Phone: (805) 943-3201

• Portal Ridge, Appx. 2mi. Sw Of Quartz Hill, Call Sign: KMD690
  Assigned Frequencies : 152.180 MHz
  Expiration Date: 04/01/1999, Cancelation Date: 06/05/1999
  Registrant: Valley Mobile Communications Inc, 44830 N Elm Avenue, Lancaster, CA 93534-0000, Phone: (703) 312-5151