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SheetNV-BATTLE-MOUNTAIN-NV · Battle Mountain, NV 3,957 pop · income 60th pct · 2 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Battle Mountain
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Battle Mountain on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Livingston · lowest
35,997
Livingston · lowest
35,997 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #1
Naylor · near
78,141
Naylor · near
78,141 median HH income
59.2% of the leader · rank #2
La Vista · near
78,145
La Vista · near
78,145 median HH income
59.2% of the leader · rank #3
Aldan · near
78,147
Aldan · near
78,147 median HH income
59.2% of the leader · rank #4
Battle Mounta… · this city
78,149
Battle Mounta… · this city
78,149 median HH income
59.2% of the leader · rank #5
Vancouver · near
78,156
Vancouver · near
78,156 median HH income
59.2% of the leader · rank #6
Sagamore · highest
132,000
Sagamore · highest
132,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Battle Mountain on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,957.
Battle Mountain ranks in the 60th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
60th
percentile, household income
44th
percentile, home value
67th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Battle Mountain, NV
Nevada's Battle Mountain is a small town, with 3,957 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Battle Mountain report a median income of $78,149 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.5%. Typical homes in Battle Mountain are valued around $205,500, and the median resident age is 38.8 years. Educational attainment runs 15.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 54.3°F with 9.2 inches of precipitation per year and 20.8 inches of snowfall.
Nevada tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Nevada scores 100.0 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,428 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Nevada run around $190, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Battle Mountain's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to within-city variation to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Battle Mountain, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Battle Mountain?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Battle Mountain?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Battle Mountain?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Nevada, the closest population matches are Ely (3,941 residents, $86,389 income); Lemmon Valley (4,385 residents, $91,132 income); West Wendover (4,507 residents, $47,394 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Livingston, TN (3,957 residents); Sagamore, MA (3,958 residents); Pennsburg, PA (3,958 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What can 2 Census tracts reveal inside Battle Mountain?
PlainCities matches 2 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Battle Mountain?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 54.3°F, with 9.2 inches of precipitation and 20.8 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Nevada is 46.2 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
46.2
Annual precipitation
9.2 in
Mean temperature
54.3°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the education layer cover for Battle Mountain?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 15.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
8.5%
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%
Matched public schools
3
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Above median income · poverty 8.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Nevada average
D
City profile score · Battle Mountain, NV
43/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C
$78,149
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
15.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Battle Mountain profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 58/100 (C) · $78,149
Poverty rate: 46/100 (D) · 8.5%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 20/100 (F) · 15.1%
How does Battle Mountain compare to other US cities?
Here's how Battle Mountain stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income60% higher than other cities
Home value44% pricier than other cities
Median rent67% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Battle Mountain against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Nevada only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Nevada-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Battle Mountain near the bottom of Nevada's cities
Among the 111 Nevada cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Battle Mountain ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Battle Mountain only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#47 of 101
53rd percentile in Nevada
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 111
0th percentile in Nevada
Median Home Value
#71 of 97
27th percentile in Nevada
Poverty Rate
#35 of 111
68th percentile in Nevada
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#70 of 111
35th percentile in Nevada
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Nevada only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
60th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Battle Mountain's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$205,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 56% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,675 of 15,516
More affordable than 70% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,138 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Battle Mountain sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,675 of 15,516 and #4,138 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$78,149Battle Mountain, NV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Battle Mountain, NV median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Battle Mountain, NV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,957
Median Income
$78,149
Median Home Value
$205,500
Median Age
38.8
Poverty Rate
8.5%
Labor force participation
55.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
15.1%
Climate
Avg Temperature
54.3°F
Annual Precipitation
9.2"
Annual Snowfall
20.8"
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.3%
Carpool
9.4%
Public Transit
17.4%
Walk
4.1%
Work from Home
0.1%
Other
0.7%
Based on 1,663 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Nevada statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $190
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Nevada at $190 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Nevada statewide averages, not a meter reading for Battle Mountain. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Nevada's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Battle Mountain is $1,428/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Nevada statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 46.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Nevada statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Battle Mountain sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Battle Mountain compares to similar-size Nevada cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.