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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-SPRING-VALLEY-TX · Spring Valley, TX 4,226 pop · income 99th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Spring Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Spring Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Ashburn · lowest
32,692
Ashburn · lowest
32,692 median HH income
14.3% of the leader · rank #1
Haworth · near
227,841
Haworth · near
227,841 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Spring Valley · this city
227,857
Spring Valley · this city
227,857 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Hobble Creek · near
227,981
Hobble Creek · near
227,981 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Lake Forest · near
228,120
Lake Forest · near
228,120 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
The Village o… · highest
228,194
The Village o… · highest
228,194 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Spring Valley on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,226.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Spring Valley - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Spring Valley places in the 99th percentile for household income and the 42nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
99th
percentile, household income
98th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
42nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Spring Valley, TX
Texas's Spring Valley is a small town, with 4,226 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $227,857 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.7%. Typical homes in Spring Valley are valued around $1,071,800, and the median resident age is 41.1 years. About 86.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 64.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 13 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 43% from five years earlier. Spring Valley reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1609.1 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Texas at 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Spring Valley's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Spring Valley, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Spring Valley growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +178 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 13 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Spring Valley?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Spring Valley?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Spring Valley?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Comanche (4,227 residents, $48,596 income); Caldwell (4,238 residents, $74,764 income); Grape Creek (4,214 residents, $49,688 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ashburn, GA (4,226 residents); Park Rapids, MN (4,226 residents); Geneva, AL (4,227 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Spring Valley?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1609.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 29% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1585.8
Violent rate
23.3
Total reported rate
1609.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.7% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
A
City profile score · Spring Valley, TX
88/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$227,857
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
86.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime A+
23 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Spring Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $227,857
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 86.1%
Poverty rate: 95/100 (A+) · 0.7%
Violent crime: 91/100 (A+) · 23 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Spring Valley sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Spring Valley's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Spring Valley highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Spring Valley, TX (this city): home $1,071,800, crime 1,609/100k
Park Rapids, MN : home $218,500, crime 2,530/100k
Ashdown, AR : home $130,900, crime 3,216/100k
Danville, PA : home $183,600, crime 1,266/100k
Comanche, TX : home $118,200, crime 1,991/100k
Caldwell, TX : home $191,900, crime 607/100k
Ovilla, TX : home $396,000, crime 433/100k
Garden Ridge, TX : home $618,100, crime 1,020/100k
How does Spring Valley compare to other US cities?
Where Spring Valley sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income99% higher than other cities
Home value98% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety42% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Spring Valley ranks #367 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Spring Valley against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Spring Valley near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Spring Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Spring Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#15 of 1,520
99th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#17 of 1,505
99th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,423 of 1,663
14th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#11 of 1,663
99th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
99th percentile nationally for median household income · 42nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Spring Valley's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Spring Valley's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Spring Valley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,071,8002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Spring Valley's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,386 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,438 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7×, Spring Valley sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,386 of 15,516 and #9,438 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$227,857Spring Valley, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Spring Valley, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Spring Valley, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)86.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,226
Median Income
$227,857
Median Home Value
$1,071,800
Median Age
41.1
Poverty Rate
0.7%
Labor force participation
64.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
86.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1609.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
23.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1585.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Spring Valley's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,224 residents
2021
4,221 residents
2022
4,290 residents
2023
4,330 residents
2024
4,392 residents
2025
4,402 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
13
housing units authorized
Single-Family
13
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
23
23
0
$10.9M
2020
30
30
0
$7.0M
2021
31
31
0
$7.4M
2022
20
20
0
$5.1M
2023
19
19
0
$5.4M
2024
13
13
0
$3.7M
Permit volume decreased 43% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.3%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.7%
Work from Home
15.4%
Other
1.7%
Based on 1,958 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Spring Valley. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Spring Valley is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Spring Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Spring Valley compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.