Best PlacesFallon, NV Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fallon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fallon ranks 19,554th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fallon
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fallon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fallon ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of towns
Where Fallon ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fallon
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fallon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,186, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fallon's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fallon
Fallon's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fallon.
Who works in Fallon, and how
Work in Fallon centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Fallon
Fallon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fallon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fallon, month by month
Fallon sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 35° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 53° | 35° |
| July | 99° | 81° | 58° |
| October | 73° | 53° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Fallon
The nearest airport, Reno/Tahoe International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fallon
Schools across Fallon average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- E C Best ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Numa Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Lovelock Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Churchill County Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Pershing County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Pershing County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Churchill County High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fallon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fallon measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fallon against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Fallon suits
Common questions about living in Fallon
Is Fallon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fallon ranks 19,554th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on tree cover and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fallon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,069. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $83,186 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Fallon safe?
Fallon is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $601 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fallon?
July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 23. That works out to about 158 pleasant days a year, more than 94% of towns.
Is Fallon good for families?
Schools beat 26% of towns, crime safety beats 17%, and childcare runs $784 a month.
Compare Fallon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fallon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fallon represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fallon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fallon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fallon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fallon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fallon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fallon detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.