Penn Valley is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,593 people and three associated neighborhoods, Penn Valley is the 692nd largest community in California. Housing costs in Penn Valley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.When you are in Penn Valley, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.64% of Penn Valley’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Penn Valley is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Penn Valley who work in office and administrative support (22.51%), management occupations (9.96%), and healthcare (9.56%). 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!) Penn 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. Penn Valley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Penn Valley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Penn Valley may be for you. One downside of living in Penn Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Penn Valley, the average commute to work is 41.29 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Penn Valley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Penn Valley rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.22% of adults 25 and older in Penn Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Penn Valley in 2022 was $34,638, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,552 for a family of four. However, Penn Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Penn Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Penn Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Penn Valley residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Penn Valley include English, Norwegian, German, Austrian, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Penn Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
