Mounds View is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 12,636 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mounds View is the 85th largest community in Minnesota.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mounds View is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mounds View is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mounds View who work in office and administrative support (10.36%), management occupations (7.94%), and business and financial occupations (7.04%). Also of interest is that Mounds View has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.67% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The population of Mounds View is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.23% of adults in Mounds View have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Mounds View in 2022 was $39,511, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,044 for a family of four. However, Mounds View contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mounds View is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mounds View home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mounds View residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mounds View include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English. The most common language spoken in Mounds View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
