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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Valley Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. A relatively large number of people in Valley Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.74% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. As is often the case in a small town, Valley Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Valley Springs rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.50% of adults 25 and older in Valley Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. 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.
