City safety & data profile

Spring ValleyCA

Spring Valley, CA is a 28K-resident city in San Diego County with a median household income of $48,679.

San Diego County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Spring Valley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Spring Valley has a population larger than 61% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $340,200.

Data updated 2026-09-03

28K
Population (place)
Top 39%
By size
$48,679
Median income (place)
$340,200
Median home (place)
23.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Spring Valley

Spring Valley posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities

Where Spring Valley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,679 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Spring Valley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Spring Valley, CA beyond the headline numbers

Spring Valley sits inside San Diego County, California, at roughly 32.74°N, -117.00°W. Population 28,205, $48,679 median household income. Median home value $340,200. Poverty rate 23.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

23.4% of Spring Valley, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Spring Valley costs around 7.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 0.6% of Spring Valley workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8.7% in Spring Valley, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Spring Valley workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 55.5 years, Spring Valley's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Spring Valley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
28,205
Spring Valley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,679
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$340,200
-18% vs avg
Median Age (place)
55.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Diego County): Spring Valley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
3.3M+5%
Median Income
$106,268+69%
Median Home Value
$854,700+113%
Poverty Rate
10.3%-28%
Unemployment
5.8%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Spring Valley, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
N/A/mo
Poverty Rate
23.4% +89% vs avg
Unemployment 0%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26.3%
Work From Home 0.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 81.1%
African American 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 8.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
39.3%
Short Sleep Duration
35.7%
Obesity
32.1%
Physical Inactivity
24.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.5%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Current Smoking
14.2%
Diabetes
13.8%
Current Asthma
11.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.7%
Annual Checkup 74.7%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
8.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
7.7%
Stroke
4.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Spring Valley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Spring Valley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-SPRING-VALLEY-CA · Spring Valley

Spring Valley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Spring Valley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Spring Valley, CA? ▼
Spring Valley, CA has a population of 28,205 people, located in San Diego County, California.
What is the median household income in Spring Valley? ▼
The median household income in Spring Valley, CA is $48,679 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 23.4%.
What is the median home value in Spring Valley? ▼
The median home value in Spring Valley, CA is $340,200.
What are the top health concerns in Spring Valley? ▼
The top health indicators in Spring Valley include High Blood Pressure (39.3%), Short Sleep Duration (35.7%), Obesity (32.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Spring Valley? ▼
The median age in Spring Valley, CA is 55.5 years. 26.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Spring Valley, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (23.4% here).

Newark, NJ 23.4% Troy, NY 23.4% Calumet City, IL 23.4% Klamath Falls, OR 23.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($48,679 here).

Alice, TX $48,676 Lorain, OH $48,685 Rantoul, IL $48,691 Shreveport, LA $48,699

Compare Spring Valley with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Spring Valley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Spring Valley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Spring Valley against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Diego County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.