Mountain View is a census-designated place (CDP) in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View had a population of 3,590. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton 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, 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 in Hickory.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Mountain View CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Mountain View racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 2,787
| 77.63%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 242
| 6.74%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 14
| 0.39%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 163
| 4.54%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 4
| 0.11%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 149
| 4.15%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 231
| 6.43%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Mountain View had a population of 3,590. The median age was 43.4 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87.2 males age 18 and over.
91.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 8.3% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,416 households in Mountain View and 986 families residing in the CDP. Of those households, 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.4% were married-couple households, 14.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.