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Country around Round Mountain is a rural area of about 1,626 people in Nye County, Nevada, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 144 miles from Carson City, NV and 206 miles from Fresno, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $108k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,626people
$108kTypical home
$1,375/moRent
91° / 43°Summer / winter
14"Snow
310Sunny days
46Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,626 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1 people per sq mi
- 206 mi to Fresno, CA
- 144 mi to Carson City, NV
- 122 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $108k (≈$680/mo)
- Median rent $1,375/mo
- Median household income $111k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 14.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Dry summers (dew point 29°F)
- 310 sunny days a year (166 totally clear)
- 55 cloudy days a year
- 23 of 90 winter days are gray
- 46 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 23 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (248 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,040 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 25% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 7% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 124 mi to BIH airport
- 149 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 149 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 36% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,528 ft
- 243 mi to the ocean
- 130 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 132 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 75 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Nevada districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 57 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 154 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 98 mi to the nearest vet
- 81 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 131 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Nye County: R+42 in 2024
- Nevada: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk