Spring Valley is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 26,643 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Spring Valley is the 259th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Spring Valley is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Spring Valley is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spring Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.63%), sales jobs (11.35%), and management occupations (8.59%).

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

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Spring Valley, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

Spring Valley 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.

Spring Valley Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Spring Valley who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 19.77% of adults in Spring Valley have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Spring Valley in 2000 was $19,504, 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 $78,016 for a family of four.

Spring Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spring Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Spring Valley is White, followed by African-American. Spring Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.01% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Spring Valley include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

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