Valley Springs is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,779 people and three associated neighborhoods, Valley Springs is the 567th largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Valley Springs was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Valley Springs economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Valley Springs, where the median household income is $90,408.00.Unlike some towns, Valley Springs isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Valley Springs are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Valley Springs is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Valley Springs who work in food service (12.51%), office and administrative support (11.73%), and sales jobs (11.61%). Also of interest is that Valley Springs 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: 8.74% 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. 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, Valley Springs has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Valley Springs a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Valley Springs is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Valley Springs are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.50% of adults in Valley Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Valley Springs in 2022 was $35,697, 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 $142,788 for a family of four. However, Valley Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Valley Springs is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Valley Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valley Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Valley Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.12% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Valley Springs include English, German, European, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Valley Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
