Churchill County migration: Fallon and its neighbors
Lyon County is the largest source of people moving to Churchill County, about 533 a year in 2016-2020, followed by Washoe County at about 351. The largest destination for people leaving Churchill County is Clark County (Las Vegas), at about 509 a year.
Churchill County is centered on Fallon, 61 miles and about 1 hour 17 minutes from the Sparks warehouse by I-80 and US 50 Alternate. The two tables above list the 15 counties that sent the most people to Churchill County and the 15 that received the most people leaving it.
Largest flowLyon County, Nevada
Moved from Lyon County to Churchill County, per yearabout 533
Moved from Churchill County to Clark County, per yearabout 509
Moves into Churchill County per year, 2016-2020 (Census estimates)
Lyon County sends about 533 people a year (plus or minus 299) and Washoe County about 351 (plus or minus 189). Those two sources send far more than any other single county. The inbound list then reaches Skagit County, Washington (168, plus or minus 210), Stanislaus County, California (117) and Pennington County, South Dakota (92).
Several rows are places with large naval communities: Virginia Beach, Duval County in Florida and Honolulu County. Naval Air Station Fallon is in Churchill County, but the Census data records only the county of origin and not the reason for the move. See NAS Fallon military moving for how booking works.
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Outbound: Las Vegas leads
Clark County takes about 509 people a year from Churchill County (plus or minus 195), well above the 43 who come from Clark. San Diego County takes about 171 (plus or minus 202), Washoe County about 158, Elko County about 149 and Carson City about 147.
The Washoe pair is a clear net inflow for Churchill: about 351 move from Washoe to Churchill and about 158 move back, a gap of about 193. The Lyon pair is lopsided too, with 533 inbound against 49 outbound.
Population and housing
Churchill County grew from 24,006 people in 2015 to 25,363 in 2020 and 25,851 in 2025, a gain of 488 after 2020. Net domestic migration for 2020-2025 was about 924, so other components pulled the total down. In 2025 the yearly net domestic figure was a loss of 16 people.
The Fallon figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey are 3,815 households, 49.3 percent of them renting, a median year built of 1985 and a median home value of $282,700.
Distance and weather
Fallon is 61 miles from the warehouse, and Fernley is 39 miles away on the same I-80 corridor. NOAA's Fallon Experiment Station records an average January high of 46.0 F and low of 20.0 F, a July high of 94.2 F, about 4.77 inches of precipitation and about 4.5 inches of snow a year, the driest of the stations on the weather calendar.
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Limits of the numbers
Churchill is a small county, so every row rests on a small sample. The Virginia Beach, Honolulu and Duval County estimates have margins as large as the estimates themselves. The tables show direction and rough scale for 2016-2020, nothing more.
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