Mountain View is a city of 3,982 people in North Carolina. Owners hold 81% of the housing stock. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $222,500. 20.4% of people here live below the federal poverty line. At a median age of 42.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,792, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mountain View
What changed most since 2000
Poverty rate5.0% → 20.4%(+15.4 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$178,158 → $222,500(+25%)US over the same years: +71%
Homes owned by their occupants89.0% → 81.0%(−8.0 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Mountain View's population equals 2.4% of Catawba County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 3.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)35.5%(66)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era61.3%(114)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.2%(6)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 186 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Mountain View, decade by decade
Mountain View population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
3,768
$94,679
$178,158
22.8%
26.5
2010
3,552
$97,780
$187,590
20.0%
36.9
2020
3,590
$68,856
$148,475
17.0%
48.3
2024
3,982
$71,792
$222,500
24.7%
28.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
