Scotts Valley is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 11,518 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Scotts Valley is the 399th largest community in California.

Scotts Valley is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.09% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Scotts Valley is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scotts Valley who work in management occupations (17.60%), office and administrative support jobs (12.89%), and sales jobs (11.98%).

Also of interest is that Scotts Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Scotts Valley is also a city of artists. Scotts Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Scotts Valley's character.

In addition, Scotts Valley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Scotts Valley is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Scotts Valley Information and Demographics

The population of Scotts Valley is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 40.90% of adults in Scotts Valley have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Scotts Valley in 2000 was $35,684, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,736 for a family of four. However, Scotts Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Scotts Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Scotts Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Scotts Valley is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Scotts Valley include German, English, Italian, Irish, European, Swedish, Scottish, Norwegian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Scotts Valley is English. Some people also speak Spanish.