Population & Demographics
Mountain View, CA
Mountain View is home to 83,732 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 44,183 resident workers commute each day.
83,732 residents
Median age 35.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Mountain View population & demographics
Who lives in Mountain View — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Mountain View
How Mountain View breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Mountain View
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Mountain View.
These figures are for Mountain View proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Mountain View commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Mountain View
44,183 commutes, one dot at a time
Mountain View
Where 44,183 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Mountain View, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Mountain View.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Mountain View’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Mountain View
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).