The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Spring Valley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Spring Valley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Spring 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.
The percentage of adults in Spring Valley with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.93% of adults in Spring Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Spring Valley in 2022 was $34,327, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,308 for a family of four. However, Spring Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spring Valley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Spring Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 18.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spring Valley include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Spring Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
