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.
Being a small town, Valley Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Valley Springs, just 12.60% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Valley Springs in 2022 was $13,936, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,744 for a family of four.
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. 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 22.53% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Valley Springs include English, Irish, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Valley Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
