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. Valley Springs has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Valley Springs, where the median household income is $90,408.00.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.74% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

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!) Valley Springs 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. Valley Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Valley Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Valley Springs may be for you.

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 2018 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.