Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Mountain View is worth considering.
One downside of living in Mountain View is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mountain View, the average commute to work is 39.32 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Mountain View does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Mountain View, just 12.76% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mountain View in 2022 was $29,691, which is low income relative to Hawaii, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,764 for a family of four. However, Mountain View contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mountain View is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mountain View home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mountain View residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mountain View include Portuguese, German, Irish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Mountain View is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Japanese.
