Squaw Valley is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,564 people and two associated neighborhoods, Squaw Valley is the 577th largest community in California.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Squaw Valley has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Squaw Valley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Squaw Valley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Squaw Valley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Squaw Valley may be for you.

In Squaw Valley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 47.13 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Squaw 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.

The percentage of people in Squaw Valley who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.85% of adults in Squaw Valley have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Squaw Valley in 2022 was $35,815, 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 $143,260 for a family of four. However, Squaw Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Squaw Valley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Squaw Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Squaw Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Squaw Valley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Squaw Valley include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

Squaw Valley also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.71%.

The most common language spoken in Squaw Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.