Claremont vs Mountain View

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

Claremont 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 2,051 in Claremont). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $59,583 in Claremont). Claremont has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $187,100 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Mountain View
Population	2,051	3,068
Median age	40.3 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$60,938
Median home value	$227,200	$187,100
Median gross rent	$928	$1,061
Housing units	902	1,345
Homeownership rate	59.8%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Mountain View
Population	1,643 → 2,051 (+24.8%)	3,701 → 3,068 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$56,473 → $59,583 (+5.5%)	$66,143 → $60,938 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $227,200 (+46.1%)	$119,500 → $187,100 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $928 (+15.4%)	$1,047 → $1,061 (+1.3%)

Claremont

Population

1,6432,051

Median household income

$56,473$59,583

Median home value

$155,500$227,200

Median gross rent

$804$928

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)

	Claremont	Mountain View
Under 5	7.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	20.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	19.0%
75 and over	4.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Mountain View
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Mountain View
Drove alone	91.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	56.9%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Mountain View
Poverty rate	11.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1991	1979