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Mountain View is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, located in the District of Puna on the east side of the island of Hawaii.

Mountain View had a population of 4,215 at the 2020 census, up from 3,924 at the 2010 census and 2,799 at the 2000 census.

Mountain View covers 54.95 square miles, virtually all of it land, at an elevation of about 1,434 feet, making it one of the largest CDPs in Hawaii by area.

The CDP had 1,428 households and 1,604 housing units at the 2020 census, and its median age was 39.0 years, with 25.2 percent of residents under the age of 18.

Mountain View is bordered by Kurtistown to the northeast, Hawaiian Acres to the east, Fern Acres and Eden Roc to the southeast, Fern Forest to the south, and Volcano to the southwest.

Hawaii Route 11 runs through the southeast side of the community, leading north 15 miles to Hilo and southwest 15 miles to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Mountain View is one of the wettest inhabited places in Hawaii, averaging about 185.6 inches of rain a year, with rain falling on about 289 days a year.

All of Mountain View's residents lived in rural areas at the 2020 census, and the CDP's population was 40.5 percent two or more races, 24.6 percent White, 18.6 percent Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 17.0 percent Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Mountain View Elementary School is in the community, and the Hawaii State Public Library System operates the Mountain View Public and School Library on Volcano Highway.

In the 2000 census the median household income in the CDP was 26,860 dollars, and about 30.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.