Long View vs Mountain View

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

Long View 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.

Long View has the higher population (4,967 vs 3,068 in Mountain View). Mountain View has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $44,156 in Long View). Mountain View has the higher median home value ($187,100 vs $142,900 in Long View).

Population, income & housing

	Long View	Mountain View
Population	4,967	3,068
Median age	42.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,156	$60,938
Median home value	$142,900	$187,100
Median gross rent	$744	$1,061
Housing units	2,535	1,345
Homeownership rate	56.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long View	Mountain View
Population	4,959 → 4,967 (+0.2%)	3,701 → 3,068 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $44,156 (+11.1%)	$66,143 → $60,938 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $142,900 (+59.8%)	$119,500 → $187,100 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $744 (+12.4%)	$1,047 → $1,061 (+1.3%)

Long View

Population

4,9594,967

Median household income

$39,750$44,156

Median home value

$89,400$142,900

Median gross rent

$662$744

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)

	Long View	Mountain View
Under 5	5.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	17.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	19.0%
75 and over	4.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long View	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	18.2%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long View	Mountain View
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long View	Mountain View
Drove alone	83.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	6.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long View	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	61.9%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Long View	Mountain View
Poverty rate	10.8%	15.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1971	1979