Mountain View Acres was first listed as a
census designated place in the
1980 U.S. census. The whole population lived in households. There were 954 households, out of which 40.3% included children under the age of 18, 53.0% were married-couple households, 7.1% were
cohabiting couple households, 21.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present, and 18.8% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 15.7% of households were one person, and 6.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.5. There were 758
families (79.5% of all households).
2010 census At the
2010 census Mountain View Acres had a population of 3,130. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mountain View Acres was 1,748 (55.8%) White (34.6% Non-Hispanic White), 215 (6.9%) African American, 48 (1.5%) Native American, 98 (3.1%) Asian, 17 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 861 (27.5%) from
other races, and 143 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,647 persons (52.6%). The census reported that 3,102 people (99.1% of the population) lived in households, 28 (0.9%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 906 households, 400 (44.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 534 (58.9%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 147 (16.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 88 (9.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 56 (6.2%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (0.1%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 108 households (11.9%) were one person and 50 (5.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.42. There were 769 families (84.9% of households); the average family size was 3.60. The age distribution was 886 people (28.3%) under the age of 18, 353 people (11.3%) aged 18 to 24, 746 people (23.8%) aged 25 to 44, 790 people (25.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 355 people (11.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 34.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.3 males. There were 989 housing units at an average density of 629.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 660 (72.8%) were owner-occupied and 246 (27.2%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.7%. 2,155 people (68.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 947 people (30.3%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Mountain View Acres had a median household income of $56,318, with 20.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line. ==Government==