Bear River vs Mountain View

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

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

Mountain View has the higher population (1,017 vs 835 in Bear River). Bear River has the higher median household income ($118,185 vs $71,607 in Mountain View). Bear River has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $246,300 in Mountain View).

Population, income & housing

	Bear River	Mountain View
Population	835	1,017
Median age	35.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,185	$71,607
Median home value	$330,300	$246,300
Median gross rent	$1,425	$792
Housing units	295	503
Homeownership rate	95.3%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear River	Mountain View
Population	642 → 835 (+30.1%)	1,227 → 1,017 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $118,185 (+52.5%)	$61,667 → $71,607 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $330,300 (+43.7%)	$171,900 → $246,300 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,425 (-5.0%)	$806 → $792 (-1.7%)

Bear River

Population

642835

Median household income

$77,500$118,185

Median home value

$229,900$330,300

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,425

Mountain View

Population

1,2271,017

Median household income

$61,667$71,607

Median home value

$171,900$246,300

Median gross rent

$806$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear River	Mountain View
Under 5	2.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	29.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	21.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.4%
75 and over	1.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear River	Mountain View
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear River	Mountain View
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear River	Mountain View
Drove alone	86.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	2.4%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear River	Mountain View
1-unit, detached	90.5%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Bear River	Mountain View
Poverty rate	3.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1989	1980