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Mountain View is a small town of 3,982 people in Catawba County, North Carolina. It's about 5 miles from Hickory, NC and 45 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $223k and rent runs about $956 a month.
3,982people
$223kTypical home
$956/moRent
88° / 49°Summer / winter
2"Snow
244Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,982
- Part of a metro area
- About 855 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 5 mi to Hickory, NC
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $223k (≈$1,403/mo)
- Median rent $956/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 1 night a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (247 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,273 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 37% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to CLT airport
- 40 mi to CLT (major hub)
- 60 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,119 ft
- 197 mi to the ocean
- 108 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 299 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 83 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 22 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Catawba County: R+38 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk