Mountain ViewNC
A town of 3,982.
Is Mountain View a good place to live?
Mountain View gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $222K for a typical one, or 3.5 years of the Hickory metro’s $63K median household income. It grades B− overall, 83rd of 286 graded towns in North Carolina. Mountain View has 4 places on the National Register. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 290 North Carolina towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Mountain View.
100% of working residents leave Mountain View for work
Where Mountain View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mountain View grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Mountain View is from typical.
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Moving to Mountain View: who provides what
Mountain View is unincorporated, so Catawba 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.
Mountain View sends most of its workers to Hickory and beyond and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of North Carolina.
Most working residents commute out of Mountain View
Mountain View has 141 jobs for its 1,617 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 305 in 2013 to 141.
Most working residents leave Mountain View for work: only 0% work in town. 20% of residents live below the poverty line in Mountain View, above both North Carolina’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The average trip to work in Mountain View is 19 minutes.
| Mountain View | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mountain View faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Mountain View
January nights average 28.9°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 76% of North Carolina places with climate records; July afternoons average 88.3°.
Mountain View has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Mountain View’s January low is 29°F, near the North Carolina town median (31°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Snow is almost unheard of.
| Mountain View | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 29°F | 31°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Mountain View is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns
Mountain View beats the North Carolina average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Mountain View adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Mountain View | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mountain View | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.5% | 8.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 12.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Mountain View sell for about $239K
81% of households own their home in Mountain View.
| Mountain View | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $956 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mountain View
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mountain View
About 5 of every 100 Mountain View residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
About Mountain View
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Mountain View is a census-designated place (CDP) in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View had a population of 3,590. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,106 ft
- Area code
- 828
Mountain View’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Mountain View.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | #83 | B− | B+ | — | B | B |
| Hickory | #200 | C− | C | D | B | B− |
| Brookford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Long View | #81 | B− | A− | — | B− | C |
Mountain View and Long View report no FBI crime data of their own. Brookford isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mountain View with a neighbor →
Questions about Mountain View
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mountain View, NC a good place to live?
Mountain View grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #83 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Mountain View, NC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $223,000, 33% below the North Carolina 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 B+.