It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mountain View has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mountain View has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mountain View than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mountain View may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.70 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small city, Mountain View doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Mountain View with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.18% of adults in Mountain View have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
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.
