Mountain View is a very small town located in the state of Hawaii. With a population of 4,215 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mountain View is the 33rd largest community in Hawaii.

Housing costs in Mountain View 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 Hawaii.

A relatively large number of people in Mountain View telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.09% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mountain View has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mountain View a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Mountain View, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.63 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Mountain View does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Mountain View have a very low rate of college education: just 9.67% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Mountain View in 2022 was $23,168, which is low income relative to Hawaii and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,672 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. Mountain View also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.08% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mountain View include Portuguese, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Mountain View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Japanese and Spanish.