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%

Fallon$2,270/mo

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

Ely$1,180/mo

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

FallonEly

Snow a year5″54″

January low20°F 12°F

July high94°F 89°F

Growing season (days)139d 91d

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

Outdoors & history

FallonEly

Trails3 mi 31 mi

Conserved land1.9%4.9%

Settled—1878

National Register places9 8

Archive photos12 16

Famous people born here10 14

Community

FallonEly

Library hours a week51 hrs 48 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

6Fallon

13Ely

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

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

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

Where they are

209 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FallonNV ElyNV

Fallon ↔ Ely209 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

FallonEly

People

Population 9,463Highest 3,929Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 24.2%±3.7Highest NV: 21.7% 22.5%±5Lowest 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+ 16.9%±3.3Lowest NV: 17% 19.7%±4.6Highest 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+ 16.9%Highest NV: 27.9% 13.9%Lowest NV: 27.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.1%±2.4Highest NV: 5.2% 5%±2.9Lowest 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 $73,389±$11kLowest 6% below NV $77,500±$14kHighest about the NV average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $282,700±$32kHighest 35% below NV $233,700±$33kLowest 46% 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 $1,230±$147Highest 23% below NV $950±$83Lowest 41% below NV

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

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.7%±3.2Lowest NV: 11.9% 8.9%±5.4Highest 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 29.8%Lowest 61%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ElyFew work in Fallon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.5 miLowest 31.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 4.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

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

Schools

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

School district ChurchillWhite Pine County School District

High school in town Churchill County High SchoolWhite Pine High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4Highest 19.1Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Fallon vs Ely

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

209 miles apart

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