Census-designated place · Churchill County, Nevada

Fallon Station, Nevada

Fallon Station is a census-designated place in Churchill County, Nevada, part of the Fallon, NV metro area. It has 1,399 residents. Fallon Station, Nevada has a quality-of-life score of 43 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,926 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Nevada it ranks #17 of 67 cities and towns. It ranks best on broadband subscriptions (high), unemployment rate (low) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), traffic deaths (high) and flu vaccinations (low).

43Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,926 of 15,651 cities and towns
Nevada: #17 of 67 in NV
Population: 1,399 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 492.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3224500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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
Economy80#3,201/15,631
Housing—
Health25#11,639/15,609
Healthcare30#10,951/15,650
Environment68#4,886/15,453
Education15#13,231/15,649
Infrastructure82#2,796/15,650
Community24#11,844/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,718/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fallon Station, 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

Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Nevada 92.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Nevada 5.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Poverty rate · low1.2%
98/100Nevada 11.8%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Job growth · high3.1%
94/100Nevada 2.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataChurchill County value
Average commute time · low9.5 min
92/100Nevada 24.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013High uncertainty
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

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
438 (2015-2019) → 1,399 (2020-2024)
+219%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.3% (2015-2019) → 57.6% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.9% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$45,417 (2015-2019) → $67,301 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.263 (2015-2019) → 0.387 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.0% (2015-2019) → 24.3% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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 Station, Nevada improved on 0 of 6 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 6 measures

Change of every measure of Fallon Station, Nevada between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	89.9%2015-2019	100.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	60%
High school diploma or higher	100.0%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.2632015-2019	0.3872020-2024	+0.125	Within the margin of error	2%
Median household income	$45,4172015-2019	$67,3012020-2024	+48%	Within the margin of error	83%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.8%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	15%

“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 Station, Nevada five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fallon Station, 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.

No place that looked like Fallon Station, Nevada five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Fallon Station, Nevada itself moved −10.1 points in standing on average over the same 5 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

1,399 residents (±467)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−17.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,399 residents (±467)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

White53%†736
Black4.2%†59
Hispanic or Latino38%†527

Education

600 residents (±193)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

No high school diploma2.8%†17
High school or GED31%†186
Some college17%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

283 households (±92)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $25k0.7%†2
$25k–50k8.5%†24
$50k–75k49%†138
$75k–100k9.2%†26
$100k–150k14%†41
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more18%†52

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−40.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

283 households (±92)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

Own0.0%0
Rent100%†283

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

276 households (±91)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0001.8%†5
$1,000–1,50032%†87

Age of homes

311 homes (±101)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

2010 or later83%†258
2000–20099.6%†30
1980–19997.4%†23

Size of homes

311 homes (±101)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.6%†5
2 bedrooms18%†56

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

549 workers (±219)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

Drive alone67%†368
Carpool4.6%†25
Public transit0.0%0
Walk17%†93
Bike7.3%†40
Work from home2.7%†15
Other1.5%†8

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−23.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

534 workers (±219)

Fallon Station, Nevada
Nevada share

Under 15 min72%†382
15–29 min28%†148
30–44 min0.7%†4

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Station'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

Rank places for an industry Open Churchill County

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