Mountain View is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of California. With a population of 81,785 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Mountain View is the 105th largest community in California. Mountain View home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Mountain View real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Mountain View is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.43% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mountain View is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mountain View who work in computer science and math (24.21%), management occupations (15.43%), and architecture and engineering (7.49%). Also of interest is that Mountain View has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Mountain View has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 27.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Mountain View is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. For the size of the city, public transportation in Mountain View is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Mountain View, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Mountain View. 74.28% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Mountain View in 2022 was $106,510, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $426,040 for a family of four. Mountain View is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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. 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 17.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mountain View include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of Mountain View's cultural character, accounting for 42.85% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Mountain View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
