Work & commute · Fallon

Work & commute in Fallon, NV

About one in 3 of Fallon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Reno (11%), Fernley (5%) and Sparks (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,121 of 3,759 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,638 Fallon residents head out of town to work, 1,121 work right here, and 2,929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fallon.

2,638live here, work elsewhere

1,121live and work here

2,929work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fallon goes to work

Fallon (in town)right here

30%1,121

Reno57.4 mi away

11%427

Fernley22.8 mi away

5%180

Sparks50.4 mi away

4%141

Carson56.4 mi away

3%118

Elko184.8 mi away

1%35

Paradise307 mi away

1%30

Yerington40 mi away

1%25

Las Vegas294.7 mi away

0%18

Lovelock51.3 mi away

0%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,647

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Fallon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

16%

33%

46%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fallon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fallon are

4,050 jobs are based in Fallon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fallon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fallon

4,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Fallon residents hold

3,759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−1%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.