Mountain View is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 70,467 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Mountain View is the 93rd largest community in California.

Mountain View is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.80% 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 management occupations (15.41%), computer science and math (14.27%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.58%).

Of important note, Mountain View is also a city of artists. Mountain View has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mountain View's character.

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.

One thing that you will notice about Mountain View is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Mountain View a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Mountain View is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Mountain View are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Mountain View Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mountain View, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mountain View is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.35% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mountain View in 2000 was $39,693, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,772 for a family of four. However, Mountain View contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mountain View is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mountain View home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mountain View is 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 18.12% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mountain View include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Russian.

In addition, Mountain View has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (35.00%).

The languages spoken by people in Mountain View are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Mountain View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Russian.