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Battle Mountain is a small town of 3,518 people in Lander County, Nevada. It's about 171 miles from Reno, NV and 263 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 99°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 21 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $204k and rent runs about $899 a month.
3,518people
$204kTypical home
$899/moRent
99° / 46°Summer / winter
21"Snow
263Sunny days
66Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,518
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 575 people per sq mi
- 263 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 171 mi to Reno, NV
- 63 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,285/mo)
- Median rent $899/mo
- Median household income $82k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 13.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 99°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Dry summers (dew point 33°F)
- 263 sunny days a year (119 totally clear)
- 102 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 66 days a year with rain or snow
- 21" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 19 days a year over 100°F
- 17 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (347 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,144 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 34% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 15% walk or take transit to work
- 62 mi to EKO airport
- 168 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 47 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 42% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,521 ft
- 301 mi to the ocean
- 67 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 60 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 5 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 93 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 12% of Nevada districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 170 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 126 mi to the nearest vet
- 46 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 169 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lander County: R+62 in 2024
- Nevada: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk