It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Spring 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. Spring Valley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Spring Valley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Spring Valley may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Spring Valley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Spring Valley citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.52% of adults 25 and older in Spring Valley have a college degree.
The per capita income in Spring Valley in 2022 was $32,544, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,176 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 22.51% 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.
