Catawba vs Mountain View

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

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

Mountain View has the higher population (3,068 vs 632 in Catawba). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $44,659 in Catawba). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($187,100 vs $138,100 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Mountain View
Population	632	3,068
Median age	38.3 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,659	$60,938
Median home value	$138,100	$187,100
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,061
Housing units	388	1,345
Homeownership rate	72.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Mountain View
Population	462 → 632 (+36.8%)	3,701 → 3,068 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $44,659 (-10.4%)	$66,143 → $60,938 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $138,100 (+32.2%)	$119,500 → $187,100 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,098 (+43.7%)	$1,047 → $1,061 (+1.3%)

Catawba

Population

462632

Median household income

$49,821$44,659

Median home value

$104,500$138,100

Median gross rent

$764$1,098

Mountain View

Population

3,7013,068

Median household income

$66,143$60,938

Median home value

$119,500$187,100

Median gross rent

$1,047$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Mountain View
Under 5	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	21.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	19.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	19.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Mountain View
No high school diploma	23.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Mountain View
Drove alone	91.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	87.9%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Mountain View
Poverty rate	20.3%	15.3%
Average household size	1.84	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1959	1979