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.

It is a fairly quiet town 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.

One downside of living in Mountain View is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mountain View, the average commute to work is 38.63 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Mountain View doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

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 2018 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.