Mountain View AcresCA
A town of 3,512.
Is Mountain View Acres a good place to live?
Mountain View Acres grades D− overall, ranked 718th of 841 in California, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $79K, and 28% of residents live below the poverty line. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. 28% of residents live below the poverty line in Mountain View Acres, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 97 of California’s 1,058 towns do better.
99% of working residents leave Mountain View Acres for work
Where Mountain View Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mountain View Acres grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Mountain View Acres is from typical.
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Moving to Mountain View Acres: who provides what
Mountain View Acres is unincorporated, so San Bernardino County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mountain View Acres.
Mountain View Acres has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Victorville and beyond, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
On state tests, Mountain View Acres’ schools trail 73% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Victor Elementary school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park View ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 793 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Mountain View Acres earns a C− for health
30% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Mountain View Acres. Mountain View Acres beats the California average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 27% of adults worry about having enough food in Mountain View Acres.
| Mountain View Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 16% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Mountain View Acres | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 16.7% | 10.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.3% | 10.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 26.7% | 17.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Mountain View Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Parkview Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, fewer of Mountain View Acres’ working residents work locally
Mountain View Acres has 306 jobs for its 1,048 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.7% of Mountain View Acres working residents work locally. Since 2013, Mountain View Acres has added 119 jobs, to 306 in 2023. Mountain View Acres’ average trip to work is 34 minutes.
| Mountain View Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Mountain View Acres
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mountain View Acres has mild winters and hot summers
The Victorville weather station records that about 119 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.8°.
Mountain View Acres has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Mountain View Acres is 96°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Mountain View Acres | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Mountain View Acres sells for about $472K
The median property tax bill is $2,519, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mountain View Acres
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mountain View Acres
About 5 of every 100 Mountain View Acres residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Mountain View Acres
Census-designated place in California, United States
Mountain View Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View Acres had a population of 3,337.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,074 ft
- Area code
- 760
Questions about Mountain View Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mountain View Acres, CA a good place to live?
Mountain View Acres grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #718 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Mountain View Acres, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $367,000, 52% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.