Photo: Thomas from USA · CC BY 2.0Spring Valley Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Spring Valley Lake B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. 320 jobs are based in Spring Valley Lake for 3,187 working residents. Only 2% stay in Spring Valley Lake for work; outside it, Victorville is the main destination (16%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Spring Valley Lake apart on work
Spring Valley Lake is a place people come home to
There are 320 jobs based in Spring Valley Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Valley Lake has about 6,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Valley Lake and Victorville trade workers both ways
Victorville is the top workplace for Spring Valley Lake residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Valley Lake come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Spring Valley Lake
60% of Spring Valley Lake residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Spring Valley Lake pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Spring Valley Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Spring Valley Lake: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Spring Valley Lake is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #464 of 847 in California. The poverty rate holds Spring Valley Lake’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Spring Valley Lake could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who works in Spring Valley Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,127 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Spring Valley Lake on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Spring Valley Lake goes to work
Where Spring Valley Lake clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Spring Valley Lake: what the 320 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Valley Lake, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 320. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spring Valley Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes to work from Spring Valley Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Valley Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,300 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Spring Valley Lake to work
About 36% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Spring Valley Lake, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Valley Lake is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #711 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Spring Valley Lake near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,798 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Spring Valley Lake households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Valley Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spring Valley Lake next to U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,800: 1,551st of 2,831 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,549 | Townsend MA | 9,143 | $122K | 8.9% | 7.2% | 8% | B− |
| 1,550 | Mayfield Township MI | 8,070 | $69K | 7.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,551 | Spring Valley Lake CA | 9,483 | $83K | 7.3% | 5.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,552 | Burton SC | 6,912 | $68K | 12.1% | 1.0% | 11% | B− |
| 1,553 | Austell GA | 8,339 | $73K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Spring Valley Lake, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 25% of Spring Valley Lake
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Valley Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Lake | – | B− | B− | 35 min | $82,625 |
| Apple Valley | 9% | C− | B | 41 min | $69,882 |
| Victorville | 16% | C− | B+ | 40 min | $74,410 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Victorville. Darker towns draw more of Spring Valley Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Spring Valley Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Valley Lake?
$82,625 (±$20,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Valley Lake?
7.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Valley Lake?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Valley Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Victorville (16%, 5 mi), Apple Valley (9%, 4 mi), Hesperia (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Valley Lake walkable?
Spring Valley Lake is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Valley Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Valley Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Valley Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.