Spring Creek is a somewhat small town located in the state of Nevada. With a population of 14,967 people and four associated neighborhoods, Spring Creek is the 13th largest community in Nevada.
Because of many things, Spring Creek is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Spring Creek really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Spring Creek perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Spring Creek, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.14 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Despite being a small town, Spring Creek has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The population of Spring Creek overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Spring Creek, 21.43% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Spring Creek in 2022 was $42,837, which is upper middle income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,348 for a family of four. However, Spring Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spring Creek is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spring Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Spring Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spring Creek include German, English, Irish, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Spring Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.