Mountain View, Missouri.
Typical home $201,018 (+8.0% in a year). West Plains, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$654 (+163%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,808 +8%
- $186,210$201,018 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,509 +43%
- $140,510$201,018 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Mountain View$1,055
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Mountain View, MO rose 8.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri
Mountain View is a city of 2,533 people in Howell County. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Howell County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Howell County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Mountain View is a small city in the Missouri Ozarks, and most homes here are lived in by their owners. Incomes across Howell County sit below the national picture, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than in many places. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and very few work from home. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, while summers turn hot, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Howell County, the largest workplaces include Ozarks Medical Center, Walmart and West Plains R-vii Schools. Unemployment in the county has eased a little over the past year, though the number of jobs has slipped slightly.
Things to do. The Ozarks are known for their clear rivers, and the closest is Jacks Fork, a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Ozark National Scenic Riverways, a protected area that follows some of the region's best-loved waterways. Big Piney River is another river within a longer drive.
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- 1,092households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 29%below the poverty line
- 4%work from home
What people in Howell County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Howell County had 15,327 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Summersville Southeast weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Howell County
- Ozarks Medical CenterGeneral hospital978FTE
- American Medical Response615
- Leonardo DRSAutomobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing436
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters415
- West Plains R-vii SchoolsSchool district405FTE
- AHF ProductsFlooring, wood, manufacturing280
- Missouri State University-West PlainsTwo-year college251
- Willow Springs R-IV SchoolsSchool district162FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 38 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,622 people in all across the county; Mountain View has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mountain View’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Howell County and the West Plains, MO metro.
Mountain View home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mountain View$201,018
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Mountain View listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Mountain View14.59%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mountain View44
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Mountain View9
Zip codes with a Mountain View address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mountain View — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.