Valley Center is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 10,087 people and four associated neighborhoods, Valley Center is the 419th largest community in California. Housing costs in Valley Center 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.Valley Center is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Valley Center is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Valley Center who work in sales jobs (14.60%), management occupations (12.13%), and office and administrative support (8.16%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.23% 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. One downside of living in Valley Center is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Valley Center, the average commute to work is 36.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Valley Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Valley Center citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.33% of adults in Valley Center have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Valley Center in 2022 was $40,821, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,284 for a family of four. However, Valley Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Valley Center is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Valley Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valley Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Valley Center also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.01% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Valley Center include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. In addition, Valley Center has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.34%). The most common language spoken in Valley Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
