Nevada · Census place 3224100
Fallon, Nevada
Fallon is a city in Churchill County, Nevada with an estimated 9,647 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 11th largest of 18 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,647
- #11 of 18 in Nevada
- Change since 2020
- +3.4%
- +316 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Density
- 2,600 / sq mi
- State median 1,876
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Fallon population, 2020 to 2024
Fallon added 316 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +33. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Fallon is 23% of it.
Fallon covers 3.71 square miles of land, for 2,600 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Fallon is denser than the typical town.
What county Fallon is in
All of Fallon's residents live in Churchill County, which had 26,033 residents in 2024. Fallon holds 37.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fallon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fallon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89406. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Fallon is
The Census internal point of Fallon is at 39.473700, -118.777900. Carson City, the capital, is 57.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fernley, NV (25,508 people), 22.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sparks, NV, 50.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.473700, -118.777900
- DMS
- 39°28'25.32"N 118°46'40.44"W
- UTM
- 11N 347075.6E 4370854.3N
- Geohash
- 9r5891uwf
- Plus code
- 85F3F6FC+FR
Daylight in Fallon
At 39.47° N, Fallon gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fallon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Fernley, 22.8 miles away, with 25,508 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fallon, NV?
9,647 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 316 (3.4%) from 9,331 in July 2020.
What county is Fallon in?
Churchill County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fallon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 89406.
How far is Fallon from Carson City?
57.0 miles (91.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Fallon.
What is the nearest larger city to Fallon?
Fernley, NV, with 25,508 residents, 22.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.