Mountain View

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.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
83,732
people
Population

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.

Population
83,732
Median age
35.5yrs
Median household income
$189,917
Median home value
$1,927,000
Median gross rent
$3,062/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
75.0%
Poverty rate
6.0%

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).

White37.4%
Asian36.3%
Hispanic or Latino17.5%
Two or more races6.0%
Black2.4%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

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.

Mountain View at a glance
Employed Residents
44,183
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
30.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Jose
Excludes local — most work in-city

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.

63
Commute Score

63 / 100

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

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Mountain View, by worker count.

1Mountain View0.0 mi7,217
2San Jose12.8 mi4,562
3Palo Alto4.0 mi4,228
4Sunnyvale3.4 mi3,963
5San Francisco31.9 mi2,737
6Menlo Park6.8 mi2,481
7Santa Clara6.8 mi2,236
8Cupertino5.6 mi1,652

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Mountain View.

1San Jose12.8 mi16,546
2Sunnyvale3.4 mi7,754
3Mountain View0.0 mi7,217
4San Francisco31.9 mi5,422
5Santa Clara6.8 mi4,181
6Fremont11.4 mi3,903
7Palo Alto4.0 mi2,301
8Cupertino5.6 mi1,920

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%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
INInformation41.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services17.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance8.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.2%
WSWholesale Trade4.8%
RTRetail Trade3.9%
MFManufacturing3.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.3%
EDEducational Services3.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Mountain View

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps82%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Mountain View

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).