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Mountain View is a mid-size city of 83,732 people in Santa Clara County, California. It's about 16 miles from San Jose, CA. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 59°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.9M and rent runs about $3k a month.
83,732people
$1.9MTypical home
$3,062/moRent
77° / 59°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
64Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Mid-size city of 83,732
- Part of a metro area
- About 7,002 people per sq mi
- 16 mi to San Jose, CA
- 16 mi to San Jose, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.9M (≈$12k/mo)
- Median rent $3,062/mo
- Median household income $190k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 59°F
- Dry summers (dew point 50°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 64 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (209 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,384 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 27% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 75% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to SJC airport
- 9 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 41% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 56 ft
- 3 mi to the ocean
- 134 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 128 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 64 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,931 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 159 bars within 25 mi
- 1,190 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 30 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 94 museums within 25 mi
- 22 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 8% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 1 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Santa Clara County: D+40 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk