A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ely$1,180/mo

Typical home $208K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $950/mo · Housing →

Fallon$2,270/mo

Typical home $395K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $1,230/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,090 a month, about $13,100 a year, between Fallon and Ely.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

Ely gets 50 more inches of snow a year

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ElyFallon

Snow a year54″5″

January low12°F 20°F

July high89°F 94°F

Growing season (days)91d 139d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st 69th

Outdoors & history

ElyFallon

Trails31 mi 3 mi

Conserved land4.9%1.9%

Settled1878 —

National Register places8 9

Archive photos16 12

Famous people born here14 10

Community

ElyFallon

Library hours a week48 hrs 51 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Report cards

Ely places higher on 13 of 20 NV lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Nevada ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–ElyNot graded B−FallonSafer than 46% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−ElyBetter than 21% of districts in the state DFallonBetter than 5% of districts in the state

Health

CElyHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns CFallonHealthier than 31% of U.S. towns

13Ely

6Fallon

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 41 towns #6#38 Shortest commuteGetting around · 42 towns #5#24 Fastest growingGrowth · 42 towns #40#26 Lowest property taxCost of living · 41 towns #8#20 Best schoolsSchools · 41 towns #26#14 Most conserved landOutdoors · 41 towns #23#34 Lowest depressionHealth · 42 towns #22#33 Cheapest rentCost of living · 41 towns #4#13

Left end = #1 in Nevada. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Ely’s rankings →

Where they are

209 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ElyNV FallonNV

Ely ↔ Fallon209 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Nevada average

ElyFallon

People

Population 3,929Lowest 9,463Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -7.8%Lowest NV: +15% +8.4%Highest NV: +15%

Median age 38.7±7Highest about the NV average 35.5±5.2Lowest 9% below NV

Ely and Fallon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.5%±5Lowest NV: 21.7% 24.2%±3.7Highest NV: 21.7%

Fallon and Ely are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.7%±4.6Highest NV: 17% 16.9%±3.3Lowest NV: 17%

Ely and Fallon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.9%Lowest NV: 27.9% 16.9%Highest NV: 27.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.9Lowest NV: 5.2% 5.1%±2.4Highest NV: 5.2%

Fallon and Ely are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $77,500±$14kHighest about the NV average $73,389±$11kLowest 6% below NV

Ely and Fallon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $233,700±$33kLowest 46% below NV $282,700±$32kHighest 35% below NV

Fallon and Ely are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $950±$83Lowest 41% below NV $1,230±$147Highest 23% below NV

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,188Lowest 41% below NV $1,719Highest 15% below NV

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 8.1%±6.9Lowest NV: 55.9% 42.5%±10.3Highest NV: 55.9%

Below poverty line 7.6%Lowest NV: 12.4% 12.5%Highest NV: 12.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.4%Highest NV: 60% 50.7%Lowest NV: 60%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Lowest 38 yrs older than NV 1985Highest 11 yrs older than NV

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 32% below NV 25 minHighest about the NV average

Work from home 8.9%±5.4Highest NV: 11.9% 5.7%±3.2Lowest NV: 11.9%

Ely and Fallon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 61%Highest 29.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.3 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.61Highest 1.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Elko (3%)Reno (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FallonFew work in Ely

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.9%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.3 miHighest 2.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 4.1 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.4Lowest 99.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #26 of 41 in NV #14 of 41 in NV

School district White Pine County School DistrictChurchill

High school in town White Pine High SchoolChurchill County High School

Students per teacherat that high school 19.1Lowest 21.4Highest

Nevada average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ely vs Fallon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,090 more a month in Fallon

Ely gets 50 more inches of snow a year

Ely places higher on 13 of 20 NV lists

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