Mountain View vs South Fork

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

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

Mountain View has the higher population (2,648 vs 67 in South Fork). South Fork has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $51,005 in Mountain View). Since 2019, South Fork's population has grown faster (+31.4% vs -0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain View	South Fork
Population	2,648	67
Median age	46.2 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,005	$63,750
Median home value	$114,900	—
Median gross rent	$418	—
Housing units	1,260	77
Homeownership rate	60.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain View	South Fork
Population	2,656 → 2,648 (-0.3%)	51 → 67 (+31.4%)
Median household income	$32,321 → $51,005 (+57.8%)	$142,941 → $63,750 (-55.4%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $114,900 (+26.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$479 → $418 (-12.7%)	—

Mountain View

Population

2,6562,648

Median household income

$32,321$51,005

Median home value

$91,200$114,900

Median gross rent

$479$418

South Fork

Population

5167

Median household income

$142,941$63,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain View	South Fork
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	41.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	0.0%
75 and over	14.1%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain View	South Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain View	South Fork
No high school diploma	25.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain View	South Fork
Drove alone	80.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain View	South Fork
1-unit, detached	70.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain View	South Fork
Poverty rate	28.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.38	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1980	1960