Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Its National Register listings include Main Street Historic District. Spring Valley has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Spring Valley beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Valley. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year13 mi MuseumNational Aviation Hall of Fame300K visitors a year
27 mi MuseumChateau Laroche
24 mi LandmarkMadonna of the Trail
14 mi MuseumHuffman PrairieNational Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chateau Laroche: ConlonTT, Public domain · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring Valley, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Spring Valley.
Nearly a quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio. People 65 and older are just over a third of residents (18% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 26% of residents (38% statewide). In Spring Valley, the age of the median resident is 46.9 years, above both the Ohio town median (41.7 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). 427 people lived in Spring Valley by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 2.9% more than in 2020.
| Spring Valley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.9 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 24% | 29% |
Somewhere between 29% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Spring Valley’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±18.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Spring Valley | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 22.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.8% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 33.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 400, single groups can be off by several points
Half of commuters travel less than 12 miles. In Spring Valley, the typical journey to work is 28 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most working residents leave Spring Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (10%), Xenia (8%) and Spring Valley Township (8%).
| Spring Valley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Spring Valley’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 29 of 100. 4 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 2004. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 62% come from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Spring Valley after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2008.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
25% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Spring Valley. CDC measures, 32 in all: Spring Valley beats Ohio on 6 and trails on 1. In Spring Valley, just over a third of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Spring Valley | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Spring Valley | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.8% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Little Miami State Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
12 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Valley
About 1 of every 100 Spring Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Spring Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Spring Valley on the National Register of Historic Places.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Spring Valley has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
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