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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.15% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 of the benefits of Grass Valley is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.76 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Grass Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Grass Valley citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.30% of adults in Grass Valley have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. 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.
