Residents will find that the city 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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mountain View spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.70 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Mountain View is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Mountain View rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.18% of adults 25 and older in Mountain View have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Mountain View in 2022 was $22,568, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,272 for a family of four. However, Mountain View contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Irish, English, German, Danish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mountain View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
