Mount VistaWA
Population 10,764: a town in Washington.
Is Mount Vista a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Health is where it shines: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 79% of the country. The weak point is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $587K, 6 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking 120th of 285 in Washington. On that grade it does better than 52% of U.S. towns. Mount Vista’s trail network density is 1.4 miles per square mile, above both Washington’s towns (0.8) and U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area, at 40 acres. This Washington town is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 86% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Mount Vista stand out
Where Mount Vista beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Mount Vista | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 10.2% |
Mount Vista has grown 28% from 2010 to 2020
7,850 counted in 2010 and 10,051 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Mount Vista grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Mount Vista is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mount St. Helens and 158 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Vista. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MountainMount St. Helens
14 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
15 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
27 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
14 mi City parkForest Park
15 mi MuseumPittock MansionPhoto credits
Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Mount Vista: who provides what
Mount Vista is unincorporated, so Clark 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 Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Vista.
Mount Vista carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Washington (mostly inland flooding) and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
Open space protected for good: 2.3% of Mount Vista
7.3 miles of trail wind through 6 parks and preserves.
| Mount Vista | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area | 0.7 mi | 40 |
| 2. Kozy Kamp Neighborhood Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 3. Vista Meadows Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mount Vista’s public schools trail 57% of Washington districts
Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Vancouver iTech Preparatory, with 600 students. The Vancouver School District runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gardner School of Arts & Sciences PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 66 | – |
| Vancouver iTech PreparatoryLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 600 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WA on state tests and graduation
For health, Mount Vista earns an A−
Mount Vista: 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor. 71% of adults in the town had a checkup this year; 9.8% smoke cigarettes.
| Mount Vista | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 71% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Mount Vista | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 10.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.9% | 9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mount Vista: mild winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Mount Vista’s working residents commute to Vancouver
Jobs based here grew from 3,748 in 2013 to 6,089.
Most people who work leave Mount Vista to do it: just 6% work in town. Among workers in the town, 26% work remotely from home. Jobs in Mount Vista grew by 2,341 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 6,089. The typical journey to work for Mount Vista comes to 22 minutes.
| Mount Vista | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 15% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer adults under 35 in Mount Vista than across Washington
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). For adults 25 and older in Mount Vista, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 39%. The town’s midpoint age is 41.2 years.
| Mount Vista | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 30% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.2 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Mount Vista | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.5% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.3% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.2% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.9% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.1% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.5% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Mount Vista has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 87% of Washington towns, with expected losses of about $293 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
For Mount Vista, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 38 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1995: 5. 46% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 31%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Mount Vista sells for about $605K
The median rent in Mount Vista is $2,041 a month. A home in Mount Vista typically sold within 44 days of listing. Sellers in Mount Vista got 98.6% of the asking price, typically.
| Mount Vista | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,041 a month | $1,737 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 70% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mount Vista
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Vista
About 4 of every 100 Mount Vista residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
About Mount Vista
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Mount Vista is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. It includes the Vancouver campus of Washington State University. The population of Mount Vista was 10,051 at the 2020 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Mount Vista ranks 66th of 614 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
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- Area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 246 ft
- Area code
- 360
Mount Vista’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Mount Vista.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vista | #120 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Barberton | #94 | B | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Salmon Creek | #110 | B− | D | — | C+ | A− |
Mount Vista, Barberton and Salmon Creek report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mount Vista with a neighbor →
Questions about Mount Vista
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mount Vista, WA a good place to live?
Mount Vista grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #120 of 285 in Washington. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Mount Vista, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $587,000, 0% below the Washington 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 D.