Mountain View, North Carolina
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Mountain View is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Catawba County Catawba County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest community is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ...
,
North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
, United States. The population was 3,552 at the 2010 census. It is part of the
Hickory Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes 19 species accepted by ''Plants of the World Online''. Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve ...
LenoirMorganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.


Geography

Mountain View is located in western Catawba County. It is bordered to the north by the town of Long View and to the northeast by the town of Brookford. The city of
Hickory Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes 19 species accepted by ''Plants of the World Online''. Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve ...
, located north of Brookford, has been extending its borders through annexation into the Mountain View area and now nearly splits the CDP into north and south halves. North Carolina Highway 127 passes through the community, leading north to the center of Hickory and south to NC Highway 10. U.S. Route 321, a four-lane expressway, crosses the eastern corner of the Mountain View CDP, where its Exit 42 provides access to NC 127. Exit 42 is south of US 321's intersection with
Interstate 40 Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States, southeastern and Southwestern United States, southwestern portions of the United States. At a leng ...
in Hickory. According to the
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, the Mountain View CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, is water.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,590 people, 1,478 households, and 986 families residing in the CDP.


2000 census

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 3,768 people, 1,364 households, and 1,104 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,404 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 89.15%
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, 5.97%
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, 0.35% Native American, 3.29% Asian, 0.16%
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, 0.42% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.30% of the population. There were 1,364 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.0% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.09. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,974, and the median income for a family was $56,313. Males had a median income of $35,635 versus $27,128 for females. The
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for the CDP was $22,125. About 2.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.


References

{{Catawba County, North Carolina Census-designated places in Catawba County, North Carolina