($1,055) Movers From Irvine, CA to Spring Valley, NV

What to know before moving from Irvine to Spring Valley

Moving from Irvine to Spring Valley means adjusting to a different pace of life — and a different price tag. On average, it costs significantly more to live in Irvine than in Spring Valley, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

Check out how Irvine compares to Spring Valley so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Spring Valley are 53% lower than in Irvine, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Spring Valley.
  Home prices in Spring Valley are 74.4% lower than in Irvine.
• Income in Spring Valley is 56.2% lower than in Irvine, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Spring Valley include Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Clark County School District, and Walmart.
• The cost of living for a single person in Spring Valley is 49.8% lower than in Irvine. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Spring Valley is 67.5% lower than in Irvine.
• The unemployment rate in Spring Valley is 62.96% higher than in Irvine.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Spring Valley, since the city’s sales taxes in Spring Valley are 8.13% higher than in Irvine.
• One perk of moving to Spring Valley is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Irvine.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $1,505.40 in Spring Valley to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Irvine.

How life is different in Irvine vs. Spring Valley

• Spring Valley might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 30% less than Irvine.
• Spring Valley offers better access to buses and trains than Irvine, based on public transportation ratings. Spring Valley has a transit score of 6 out of 10 compared to 4 in Irvine. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Spring Valley to be about as walkable as Irvine. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 44 and 43 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Spring Valley, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Irvine. While Irvine has a bike-friendliness score of 69 out of 100, Spring Valley earned a 43. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• The crime rate in Spring Valley is higher than in Irvine, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 40.8 in Spring Valley, it is 31.01 in Irvine. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Spring Valley. With a crime index of 59.2, Spring Valley ranks lower in overall safety than Irvine, whose index is Irvine's 68.99. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Spring Valley and Irvine is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.