Mountain View has higher household incomes than 75% of U.S. towns
10.3% of residents live below the poverty line (Wyoming 10.5%). Mountain View grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in five work in Mountain View; the top destination outside it is Evanston (7%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mountain View, in brief
Mountain View workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 19 across Wyoming. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 415 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mountain View
On income, poverty and job access, Mountain View is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Mountain View’s grade up ($98,188, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Mountain View’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mountain View could be anywhere from D to B+.
Time on the road from Mountain View: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain View workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Mountain View goes to work
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Mountain View on a workday
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 493 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Mountain View on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Mountain View ends
Where Mountain View clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Mountain View’s 575 jobs
575 jobs are based in Mountain View.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain View, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 575. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Mountain View: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mountain View is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.8% across Wyoming, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 532 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Mountain View households have no vehicle (Wyoming 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Mountain View’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mountain View places 2,326th of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 432 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 575 | Hoback WY | 1,316 | $147K | 1.7% | 1.8% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 890 | Story WY | 1,054 | $114K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,324 | Chatham NY | 1,538 | $80K | 10.7% | 2.2% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,325 | Elk Mound WI | 1,084 | $67K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,326 | Mountain View WY | 1,264 | $98K | 10.3% | 4.4% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,327 | Franklin Township IN | 1,293 | $59K | 5.0% | 1.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,328 | Townshend VT | 1,259 | $79K | 8.1% | 1.8% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mountain View, the top three, the last and three more from Wyoming.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mountain View: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain View?
$98,188 (±$22,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain View?
10.3%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain View?
32 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain View work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evanston (7%, 33 mi), Lyman (7%, 4 mi), Green River (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mountain View walkable?
Mountain View is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mountain View without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountain View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain View
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.