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Fallon Station is a small town of 1,399 people in Churchill County, Nevada. It's about 58 miles from Carson City, NV and 159 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 96°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $330k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,399people
$330kTypical home
$1,635/moRent
96° / 47°Summer / winter
4"Snow
292Sunny days
43Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,399
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 492 people per sq mi
- 159 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 58 mi to Carson City, NV
- 27 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $330k (≈$2,080/mo)
- Median rent $1,635/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 96°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Dry summers (dew point 34°F)
- 292 sunny days a year (154 totally clear)
- 73 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 43 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 15 days a year over 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (132 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (868 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 18
- 73% of households have kids
- 5% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 15 min
- 15% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to RNO airport
- 56 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 59 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2017
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 3,944 ft
- 176 mi to the ocean
- 50 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 62 mi to the nearest ski area
- 31 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 13 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Nevada districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 41 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 61 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Churchill County: R+50 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
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.