The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Squaw Valley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Squaw Valley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Squaw Valley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 47.13 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Squaw Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Squaw Valley who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.85% of adults in Squaw Valley have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Squaw Valley in 2022 was $35,815, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,260 for a family of four. However, Squaw Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Squaw Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Squaw Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Squaw Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Squaw Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Squaw Valley include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
Squaw Valley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.71%.
The most common language spoken in Squaw Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
