Bethel Island vs Mountain View

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel Island and Mountain View: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethel Island and Mountain View are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bethel Island has the higher population (2,144 vs 2,072 in Mountain View). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($84,818 vs $78,393 in Bethel Island). Bethel Island has the higher median home value ($549,500 vs $545,100 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
Population	2,144	2,072
Median age	54.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,393	$84,818
Median home value	$549,500	$545,100
Median gross rent	$1,390	$1,888
Housing units	1,072	909
Homeownership rate	71.8%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	31.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
Population	2,161 → 2,144 (-0.8%)	1,970 → 2,072 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$33,583 → $78,393 (+133.4%)	$72,222 → $84,818 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$168,900 → $549,500 (+225.3%)	$421,500 → $545,100 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $1,390 (+90.4%)	$1,529 → $1,888 (+23.5%)

Bethel Island

Population

2,1612,144

Median household income

$33,583$78,393

Median home value

$168,900$549,500

Median gross rent

$730$1,390

Mountain View

Population

1,9702,072

Median household income

$72,222$84,818

Median home value

$421,500$545,100

Median gross rent

$1,529$1,888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	24.2%
55 to 64	20.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	18.8%	6.7%
75 and over	10.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	65.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	8.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
No high school diploma	27.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	16.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
Drove alone	73.4%	55.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	18.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	64.0%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethel Island	Mountain View
Poverty rate	29.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1974	1950