Valley Center is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 7,213 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Valley Center is the 476th largest community in California.

Valley Center is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Valley Center is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Valley Center who work in sales jobs (14.35%), office and administrative support jobs (13.58%), and management occupations (8.06%).

Also of interest is that Valley Center 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: 7.99% 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.

In Valley Center, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Valley Center doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Valley Center Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Valley Center is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.33% of adults in Valley Center have a college degree.

The per capita income in Valley Center in 2000 was $24,071, which is upper middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,284 for a family of four.

Valley Center is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Valley Center home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Valley Center is White, followed by Native 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 14.78% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Valley Center include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

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