Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown along Castro Street that is about six blocks long, next to the Caltrain station. The police station, which is home to some roosters, is two blocks away on Villa Street. Going south towards El Camino Real, there are four blocks of restaurants and shops. Asian and Indian restaurants are abundant, but there are many types of cuisine to choose from. Kapps Pizza displays many photographs of the downtown from 100 years ago. Just south of the central downtown area, the City Hall, the Center for Performing Arts and the Mountain View Public Library are nestled in a one-block civic center. Behind those buildings is Pioneer Park, which enjoys a quiet environment resulting from the City Hall building blocking out the noise from Castro Street.
Mountain View is one of the major cities that make up Silicon Valley, and has many notable Silicon Valley companies either headquartered there or with a large presence.
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City stats |
| Median family income (per year) |
$97,907 |
| Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$48,517 |
| Sales tax |
8.25% |
| State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
9.30%I |
| State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
1.00%I |
| Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) |
$1,793 |
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| Housing |
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| Median home price |
$710,000 |
Average property taxes
(2006) |
$6,629 |
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| Education |
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| Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) |
51 |
| Junior colleges and technical institutes (within 30 miles) |
31 |
| Test scores reading (% above/below state average) |
19.6% |
| Test scores math (% above/below average) |
-20.7% |
| % students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) |
74.0/26.0 |
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| Quality of life |
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| Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
77.5% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
4 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
32 |
| Median commute time (in minutes) |
19.2 |
| % population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
8.1% |
| % population walk or bike to work |
4.6% |
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| Leisure and culture |
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| Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
39 |
| Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
4,859 |
| Bars (within 15 miles) |
277 |
| Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
174 |
| Libraries (within 15 miles) |
93 |
| Museums (accredited by AAM
within 30 miles) |
14 |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
0.1 |
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| Weather |
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| Annual rainfall (inches) |
17.91 |
| % clear days in the area |
44 |
| High temp in July° F |
83.2° |
| Low temp in Jan° F |
40.4° |
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| Health |
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| Has health plan (% of residents) |
88.2% |
| Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
26 |
| Diabetes rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
11.3% |
| Hypertension rates (% of residents diagnosed) |
22.9% |
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| Meet the neighbors |
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| Median age |
37.8 |
| Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
78.7% |
| Married |
45.9% |
| Divorced |
9.9% |
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
204.2 |
