Mountain View vs West Plains

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

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

West Plains has the higher population (12,341 vs 2,648 in Mountain View). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($51,005 vs $39,897 in West Plains). West Plains has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $114,900 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain View	West Plains
Population	2,648	12,341
Median age	46.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,005	$39,897
Median home value	$114,900	$158,700
Median gross rent	$418	$762
Housing units	1,260	5,571
Homeownership rate	60.1%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain View	West Plains
Population	2,656 → 2,648 (-0.3%)	12,233 → 12,341 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$32,321 → $51,005 (+57.8%)	$36,865 → $39,897 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $114,900 (+26.0%)	$99,700 → $158,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $418 (-12.7%)	$624 → $762 (+22.1%)

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

West Plains

Population

12,23312,341

Median household income

$36,865$39,897

Median home value

$99,700$158,700

Median gross rent

$624$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain View	West Plains
Under 5	4.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.7%
75 and over	14.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain View	West Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain View	West Plains
No high school diploma	25.9%	14.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain View	West Plains
Drove alone	80.9%	84.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.6%
Other means	5.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain View	West Plains
1-unit, detached	70.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain View	West Plains
Poverty rate	28.8%	31.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1980	1979