About Spring Valley

Spring Valley is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,611 people and just one neighborhood, Spring Valley is the 418th largest community in Texas.

Spring Valley is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.46% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Spring Valley is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Spring Valley who work in management occupations (21.50%), sales jobs (14.25%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.66%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Spring 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.

Of important note, Spring Valley is also a city of artists. Spring Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Spring Valley's character.

In addition, Spring Valley is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Spring Valley is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Spring Valley's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Spring Valley is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Spring Valley, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.14% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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.

Spring Valley Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Spring Valley is a pretty powerful place. 63.72% of the adults in Spring Valley have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Spring Valley in 2000 was $44,912, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $179,648 for a family of four. However, Spring Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Spring Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Spring Valley is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Spring Valley include German, English, Irish, French, Scotch-Irish, Italian, Scottish, Czech, and European.

The most common language spoken in Spring Valley is English. Some people also speak Spanish.