Mountain View vs Willow Springs

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

Mountain View and Willow Springs 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 2,015 in Willow Springs). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($51,005 vs $43,125 in Willow Springs). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $108,300 in Willow Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
Population	2,648	2,015
Median age	46.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,005	$43,125
Median home value	$114,900	$108,300
Median gross rent	$418	$716
Housing units	1,260	978
Homeownership rate	60.1%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
Population	2,656 → 2,648 (-0.3%)	2,225 → 2,015 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$32,321 → $51,005 (+57.8%)	$39,583 → $43,125 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $114,900 (+26.0%)	$89,500 → $108,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $418 (-12.7%)	$530 → $716 (+35.1%)

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

Willow Springs

Population

2,2252,015

Median household income

$39,583$43,125

Median home value

$89,500$108,300

Median gross rent

$530$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
Under 5	4.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	13.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.1%
75 and over	14.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	2.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
No high school diploma	25.9%	22.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
Drove alone	80.9%	71.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	1.1%
Other means	5.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
1-unit, detached	70.2%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain View	Willow Springs
Poverty rate	28.8%	18.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1980	1959