Mount Vista is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. It includes the Vancouver campus of Washington State University.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Mount Vista ranks 66th of 614 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
Geography
Mount Vista is located in southwestern Clark County. The area is bordered to the west by Interstate 5, to the southwest by the community of Salmon Creek, and to the southeast by Barberton. It is north of downtown Vancouver.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Mount Vista CDP has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Mount Vista had a population of 10,051. The median age was 42.5 years. 19.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.8 males age 18 and over.
93.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 6.4% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,987 households in Mount Vista, of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 54.1% were married-couple households, 14.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In regards to the section in the Battle Ground district, it is zoned to Pleasant Valley School for K-8, and to Prairie High School.
Washington State University Vancouver is in Mount Vista.