Mountain View, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mountain View, CA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 74,646. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MOUNTAIN-VIEW-CA · Mountain View, CA 3 ZIPs · 74,646 pop · #312/25278 · Santa Clara County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $189,879
  • RANK-TOP #312/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Sunnyvale
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-RENT 37% owners
  • POP-SMALL 74,646
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 94041→94043
  • HOME-TOP $1,880,367

Nearest income peer: Sunnyvale, CA ( $6,000 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Mountain View

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mountain View on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Mountain View, CA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
74,646
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$189,879
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $189,879 and home value $1,880,367 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 75.0%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (36.7%) for this income tier, rent $3,053 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Pacific Palisades is the closest lower-income city and Ladera Ranch the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mountain View.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Mountain View differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Mountain View: $178,558 in ZIP 94041 to $203,298 in 94043. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.1×

94041 to 94043

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.2×

94043 to 94041

Poverty-rate spread
3.7 points

94043 to 94041

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Mountain View residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Mountain View: the largest, 94040, is only about 44% of 74,646 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Mountain View

Citywide ZBP: 2,910 establishments, 102,602 employees , annual payroll $30,980,790k (~39 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 94043 (1,473 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (625) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Mountain View, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Santa Clara County, which covers 57 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Mountain View. See the Santa Clara County roll-up →

Mountain View lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Santa Clara County: Palo Alto, Cupertino and Los Gatos earn more and San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara earn less. Los Altos marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 32% above Mountain View.

Side-by-side: Compare 94040 vs 94043 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
94040 32,996 $187,781 1,014 3,455
94043 28,358 $203,298 1,473 1,026
94041 13,292 $178,558 423 3,351

Mountain View roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Mountain View, .