Work & commute · Quartz Hill

Work & commute in Quartz Hill, CA

Most working residents leave Quartz Hill for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (20%), Lancaster (18%) and Palmdale (12%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 5,140 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,979 Quartz Hill residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 1,261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quartz Hill.

4,979live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

1,261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quartz Hill goes to work

Los Angeles45.1 mi away

20%1,042

Lancaster3.7 mi away

18%913

Palmdale7.6 mi away

12%602

Quartz Hill (in town)right here

3%161

Santa Clarita23 mi away

2%128

Burbank32.5 mi away

2%102

El Segundo52.6 mi away

1%53

Glendale32.6 mi away

1%52

Pasadena34.2 mi away

1%50

Ontario54.9 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,991

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Quartz Hill commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

38%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quartz Hill is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Quartz Hill are

1,422 jobs are based in Quartz Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quartz Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Quartz Hill

1,422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Quartz Hill residents hold

5,140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Quartz Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,407 → 1,422. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.