Best PlacesMountain View, Vancouver, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountain View, Vancouver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mountain View, Vancouver ranks 4,090th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mountain View, Vancouver
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Mountain View, Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountain View, Vancouver ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Mountain View, Vancouver ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mountain View, Vancouver
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mountain View, Vancouver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,164, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Mountain View, Vancouver's effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mountain View, Vancouver
Mountain View, Vancouver runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mountain View, Vancouver.
Who works in Mountain View, Vancouver, and how
Work in Mountain View, Vancouver centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Mountain View, Vancouver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mountain View, Vancouver.
What the weather is like in Mountain View, Vancouver, month by month
Mountain View, Vancouver sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 42° | 36° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mountain View, Vancouver
Portland International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
Mountain View, Vancouver measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Mountain View, Vancouver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mountain View, Vancouver
Is Mountain View, Vancouver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountain View, Vancouver ranks 4,090th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and low taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mountain View, Vancouver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $450,233. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $58,164 median income, cost of living beats 17% of neighborhoods.
Is Mountain View, Vancouver safe?
Yes, Mountain View, Vancouver is safer than 59% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $562 per resident a year.
Compare Mountain View, Vancouver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountain View, Vancouver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountain View, Vancouver represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Mountain View, Vancouver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountain View, Vancouver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountain View, Vancouver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountain View, Vancouver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountain View, Vancouver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountain View, Vancouver detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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