Grass Valley is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 13,930 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Grass Valley is the 367th largest community in California. Housing costs in Grass Valley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Grass Valley is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.14% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Grass Valley is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Grass Valley who work in sales jobs (15.03%), office and administrative support (11.01%), and healthcare suport services (8.68%). Also of interest is that Grass Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.15% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Grass Valley spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.76 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small city, Grass Valley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Grass Valley is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.30% of adults in Grass Valley have a college degree. The per capita income in Grass Valley in 2022 was $32,423, 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 $129,692 for a family of four. However, Grass Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grass Valley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grass Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grass Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grass Valley include English, Irish, German, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Grass Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
