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Population (year 2000): 3,768
Males: 1,826  (48.5%)
Females: 1,942  (51.5%)

Catawba County

Median resident age:  36.7 years
North Carolina median age:  35.3 years

Zip codes: 28602.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $50,400 (it was $51,974 in 2000)
Mountain View  $50,400
North Carolina:  $40,729

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $113,100 (it was $99,100 in 2000)
Mountain View  $113,100
North Carolina:  $127,600

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Races in Mountain View:

  • White Non-Hispanic (88.5%)
  • Black (6.0%)
  • Other Asian (2.5%)
  • Hispanic (1.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)

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Recent posts about Mountain View, North Carolina on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users. Mountain View is mentioned 84 times on our forum:
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Ancestries: German (18.2%), United States (16.8%), English (7.4%), Irish (6.7%), Scotch-Irish (4.0%), Scottish (3.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 4.82 square miles.

Population density: 781 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Mountain View

  • High school or higher: 81.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 22.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.9%
  • Unemployed: 1.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Mountain View CDP

  • Never married: 13.1%
  • Now married: 69.2%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 5.9%
  • Divorced: 10.0%

192 residents are foreign born (2.0% Europe, 1.4% Latin America, 1.1% Asia, 0.6% North America).

This place:  5.1%
North Carolina:  5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Mountain View:  0.5% ($513)
North Carolina:  0.8% ($826)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gastonia, NC (32.2 miles , pop. 66,277).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (49.5 miles , pop. 540,828).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (521.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Brookford, NC (2.1 miles ), Long View, NC (3.2 miles ), Hildebran, NC (4.3 miles ), Hickory, NC (4.7 miles ), Northlakes, NC (6.3 miles ), Icard, NC (6.9 miles ), Rhodhiss, NC (7.6 miles ), St. Stephens, NC (8.5 miles ).

Latitude: 35.68 N, Longitude: 81.37 W


Area code: 828

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Most common industries for males:
  • Furniture and related products (8%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (4%)
  • Computer and electronic products (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Furniture and related products (8%)
  • Apparel (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Top executives (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Registered nurses (11%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)


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Average climate in Mountain View, North Carolina

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Mountain View-area historical tornado activity is slightly below North Carolina state average. It is 8% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/5/1989, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 3.6 miles away from the Mountain View place center killed 4 people and injured 52 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 5/7/1998, a category 4 tornado 13.0 miles away from the place center injured 2 people and caused $1 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Mountain View:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; HICKORY, NC)
  • VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 18 miles; VALDESE, NC)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mountain View:
  • HICKORY REGIONAL (about 4 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: HKY)
  • CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 45 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; ID: CLT)
  • GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 81 miles; GREER, SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mountain View:
  • WILSON'S (about 3 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
  • MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 19 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID: MRN)
  • LANEYS (about 20 miles; MAIDEN, NC; ID: N92)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Mountain View:
  • CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2 miles; HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
  • GASTON COLLEGE (about 28 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,473)
  • GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; BOILING SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
  • APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
  • CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
  • WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; ROCK HILL, SC; FT enrollment: 4,976)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 51 miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
North Carolina:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  81.0%
Whole state:  68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.3%
Whole state:  4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.0%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.6%
Whole state:  5.5%

Mountain View compared to North Carolina state average:
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.


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Educational Attainment



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Mountain View travel time to work
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2004 Presidential Election results in Catawba County North Carolina:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,065 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.79%
North Carolina average:  8.53%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($146 average AGI)
Catawba County:  0.04%
North Carolina average:  0.17%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Burke County, NC  0.72% ($31,433 average AGI)
from Caldwell County, NC  0.57% ($28,517)
from Lincoln County, NC  0.55% ($35,239)


6.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,448 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.15%
North Carolina average:  7.27%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($494 average AGI)
Catawba County:  0.05%
North Carolina average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Burke County, NC  0.63% ($27,954 average AGI)
to Caldwell County, NC  0.54% ($29,689)
to Lincoln County, NC  0.50% ($33,464)


Strongest AM radio stations in Mountain View:
  • WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WAIZ (630 AM; 1 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WCXN (1170 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLAREMONT, NC; Owner: WCXN, INC.)
  • WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WLTC (1370 AM; 20 kW; GASTONIA, NC)
  • WKGX (1080 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WNNC (1230 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, NC; Owner: NEWTON-CONOVER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYCV (900 AM; 1 kW; GRANITE FALLS, NC; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
  • WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Mountain View:
  • WFHE (90.3 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
  • W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
  • WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WXRC (95.7 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: PACIFIC BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
  • WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
  • WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
  • WWMG (96.1 FM; SHELBY, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSGE (91.7 FM; DALLAS, NC; Owner: GASTON COLLEGE)
  • WKKT (96.9 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFMX (105.7 FM; STATESVILLE, NC; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Mountain View:
  • WHKY-TV (Channel 14; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
  • WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
  • WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
  • WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
  • WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
  • WAFF (Channel 48; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • W38CN (Channel 38; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)

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