City · Churchill County, Nevada

Fallon, Nevada

Fallon is a city in Churchill County, Nevada, part of the Fallon, NV metro area. It has 9,463 residents. Fallon, Nevada has a quality-of-life score of 28 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,201 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nevada it ranks #36 of 67 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (high). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), traffic deaths (high) and flu vaccinations (low).

28Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,201 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nevada: #36 of 67 in NV
Population: 9,463 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 2,546.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3224100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety41#9,297/15,637
Economy62#5,956/15,631
Housing46#8,153/14,977
Health16#13,171/15,609
Healthcare20#12,555/15,650
Environment68#4,886/15,453
Education8#14,362/15,649
Infrastructure49#8,028/15,650
Community23#12,060/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,718/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fallon, Nevada ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Churchill County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high3.1%
94/100Nevada 2.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataChurchill County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.8 µg/m³
92/100Nevada 6.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChurchill County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high7.0 /10k
87/100Nevada 7.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChurchill County value
Public transit commuters · high2.4%
86/100Nevada 2.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Time spent in the emergency room · low124 min
85/100Nevada 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChurchill County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100Nevada 5.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChurchill County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high39.2 mi
0/100Nevada 4.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChurchill County value
Traffic deaths · high34.9 /100k
5/100Nevada 12.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataChurchill County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Nevada 35.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChurchill County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
6/100Nevada 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChurchill County value
Injury deaths · high134 /100k
8/100Nevada 93 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChurchill County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Nevada 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChurchill County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
8,430 (2015-2019) → 9,463 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$44,855 (2015-2019) → $73,389 (2020-2024)
+64%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
6.9 /1k (2021) → 3.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.4% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
19.5 min (2015-2019) → 24.6 min (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.2% (2015-2019) → 24.1% (2020-2024)
−5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fallon, Nevada improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+64%$44,855 → $73,389

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Fallon, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.5 min2015-2019	24.6 min2020-2024	+5.0 min	Within the margin of error	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	85.4%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	94.1%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4042015-2019	0.4052020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$44,8552015-2019	$73,3892020-2024	+64%	Improved	92%
Poverty rate	14.1%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent as share of income	29.2%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	47.4%2015-2019	42.5%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Unemployment rate	5.5%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	72%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Fallon, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fallon, Nevada in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fallon, Nevada itself moved +4.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

9,463 residents (±41)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,815 households (±335)

Fallon, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k15%†588
$25k–50k20%745
$50k–75k17%†657

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,815 households (±335)

Fallon, Nevada
Nevada share

Own51%1,935
Rent49%1,880

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,478 workers (±401)

Fallon, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone72%3,223
Carpool12%550
Public transit2.4%†107

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fallon, NV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Churchill County, the county holding most of Fallon's residents.

Churchill County has 485 employer establishments, 188 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Nevada's), with 5,689 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,657. The Census Bureau also counts 1,420 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 485; 1,420 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 188; US 248 · Nevada 241
Paid employees: 5,689
Average annual pay: $53,657; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Churchill County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	41	15.9	0.86×About typical	565	$22,802	8
Specialty trade contractors	34	13.2	0.85×About typical	342	$67,406	61
Ambulatory health care services	28	10.8	0.52×Fewer than typical	274	$55,620	59
Limited-service restaurants	24	9.3	1.16×About typical	363	$21,567	—
Construction of buildings	22	8.5	1.13×About typical	75	$58,547	29
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	7	1.38×More than typical	62	$40,210	23
Full-service restaurants	15	5.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	192	$25,057	4
Building equipment contractors	14	5.4	0.90×About typical	74	$61,243	6
Religious organizations	14	5.4	0.98×About typical	100	$18,710	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	13	5	1.89×More than typical	243	$26,037	15
Computer systems design and related services	12	4.6	1.07×About typical	115	$92,574	11
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	4.3	0.63×Fewer than typical	46	$39,848	52

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,852 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Fallon is mostly in Churchill County.

See federal money in Churchill County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Fallon, Nevada is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Churchill County39100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fallon, NV49

Other cities and towns in Churchill County

Largest first.

Fallon Station431,399

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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