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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.35 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Mountain View doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Mountain View is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.90% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mountain View in 2022 was $27,028, 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 $108,112 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 Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Mountain View include Portuguese, Irish, French, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mountain View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese and Spanish.
