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142 people live in this town, settled in 1884.
64% of residents live below the poverty line in Fallon, against 10% in Montana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. No town among the 43 in Montana we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Fallon. Bad Route Creek Bridge and Yellowstone River Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Fallon has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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Census counts: 138 in 2000, a peak of 164 in 2010, 122 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and a map from 1983 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fallon is unincorporated, so Prairie County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Fallon.
Values rose 2.4% in the 12 months to September 2026. The share of households in Fallon who are owner-occupiers: 70%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Only 3 of the 43 Montana towns we compare have a higher peak summer temperature than Fallon. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 6° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among 42 Montana towns, just one has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Fallon. For adults in the town, the share who smoke cigarettes is 19%. The town does better than the Montana average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 18.
| Fallon | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 32% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Fallon | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.7% | 20.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.2% | 73.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.1% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA puts 58% of Fallon’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 29% to inland flooding. Compared with 56% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Fallon, 1.1% of the land is protected. There are 0.4 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| Fallon | Montana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 9.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walther Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Fallon; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Fallon residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Montana.
CDP in Montana, United States
Fallon is an unincorporated town in Prairie County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fallon had a population of 122. Although the town name has been co-opted for use by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place, this figure may include persons living well outside the town's limits. The town and county are named after O’Fallon Creek, which is in turn named for Benjamin O'Fallon, an Indian agent for the upper Missouri region from 1823 to 1827.
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Fallon has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.