Because of many things, Spring Creek is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Spring Creek a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Spring Creek has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Spring Creek’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Spring Creek, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Spring Creek is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of Spring Creek are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.43% of adults in Spring Creek having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Spring Creek in 2018 was $42,837, which is upper middle income relative to Nevada and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,348 for a family of four. However, Spring Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spring Creek is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spring Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spring Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Spring Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.42% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spring Creek include German, English, Irish, European, and French.
The most common language spoken in Spring Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
