Overview Browns Valley is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,178 people and just one neighborhood, Browns Valley is the 560th largest community in California. Housing costs in Browns Valley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California. Occupations and Workforce Browns Valley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Browns Valley is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Browns Valley who work in office and administrative support (17.52%), management occupations (13.02%), and art, media, and design (8.45%). Of important note, Browns Valley is also a town of artists. Browns Valley has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Browns Valley鈥檚 character. Setting & Lifestyle The overall crime rate in Browns Valley is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. One downside of living in Browns Valley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Browns Valley, the average commute to work is 35.97 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Browns Valley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day. Browns Valley Demographics The citizens of Browns Valley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.48% of adults in Browns Valley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Browns Valley in 2022 was $52,598, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,392 for a family of four. However, Browns Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Browns Valley is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Browns Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Browns Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Browns Valley include German, English, Irish, Portuguese, and European. The most common language spoken in Browns Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.