Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Fallon (3.5%) than in 61% of U.S. towns
Fallon grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in four work in Fallon itself; outside it, Reno draws the most (11%, 57 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers (Nevada 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fallon: the figures worth knowing
Fallon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fallon is Reno, 57 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (427) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fallon trades workers with the towns around it
Fallon has about as many jobs (4,050) as working residents (3,759), but they are mostly different people: 2,638 residents leave for work each day while 2,929 people come in. Only 28% of the jobs in Fallon are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fallon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fallon is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #28 of 42 in Nevada. Unemployment holds Fallon’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fallon could be anywhere from C− to B.
Short hops and long hauls from Fallon
About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Fallon
On a workday 2,638 residents head out to work, 1,121 work right here, and 2,929 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Fallon’s residents
Where Fallon clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The 4,050 jobs based in Fallon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fallon, 2013 → 2023: 4,108 → 4,050. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fallon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Fallon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fallon workers work from home, vs 12% across Nevada. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,221 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Nevada: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Fallon, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fallon is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #6 of 42 in Nevada. Both inputs place Fallon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,478 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Fallon households have no vehicle (Nevada 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Fallon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fallon next to U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900: 2,008th of 2,790 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 917 | Cold Springs NV | 11,321 | $94K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,293 | Incline Village NV | 9,272 | $167K | 6.0% | 3.9% | 41% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,498 | Gardnerville Ranchos NV | 12,114 | $88K | 9.5% | 2.1% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,006 | Ventnor City NJ | 9,345 | $69K | 10.1% | 9.5% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,007 | Cloquet MN | 12,399 | $61K | 15.9% | 4.0% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,008 | Fallon NV | 9,570 | $73K | 12.5% | 3.5% | 30% | C+ |
| 2,009 | Struthers OH | 9,837 | $53K | 15.0% | 4.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,010 | Green River WY | 11,450 | $85K | 9.3% | 5.6% | 28% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fallon, the top three, the last and three more from Nevada.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fallon: questions
What is the median household income in Fallon?
$73,389 (±$10,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,260 across Nevada and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fallon?
12.5%, against 12.4% across Nevada and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fallon?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Nevada and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fallon work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reno (11%, 57 mi), Fernley (5%, 23 mi), Sparks (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fallon walkable?
Fallon is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fallon without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fallon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fallon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.