Mountain View Acres vs Searles Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain View Acres and Searles Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain View Acres has the higher population (3,155 vs 1,698 in Searles Valley). Mountain View Acres has the higher median household income ($70,179 vs $65,625 in Searles Valley). Mountain View Acres has the higher median home value ($346,000 vs $68,500 in Searles Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
Population	3,155	1,698
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,179	$65,625
Median home value	$346,000	$68,500
Median gross rent	$1,554	$809
Housing units	902	847
Homeownership rate	75.8%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	18.5%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
Population	4,447 → 3,155 (-29.1%)	1,689 → 1,698 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$44,836 → $70,179 (+56.5%)	$36,806 → $65,625 (+78.3%)
Median home value	$224,000 → $346,000 (+54.5%)	$57,700 → $68,500 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,346 → $1,554 (+15.5%)	$621 → $809 (+30.3%)

Mountain View Acres

Population

4,4473,155

Median household income

$44,836$70,179

Median home value

$224,000$346,000

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,554

Searles Valley

Population

1,6891,698

Median household income

$36,806$65,625

Median home value

$57,700$68,500

Median gross rent

$621$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
Under 5	4.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	26.4%	26.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	7.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.8%
75 and over	2.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	24.3%	64.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	65.7%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
Drove alone	67.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	26.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
1-unit, detached	92.5%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Mountain View Acres	Searles Valley
Poverty rate	30.2%	18.1%
Average household size	3.88	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	40	19
Median year structure built	1986	1957