Income
Average Income
Year
Household
Family
2006
$49,152.50
$58,522.83
2005
$47,583.17
$56,288.67
Median Income
Year
Household
Family
2006
$50,297.67
$57,174.50
2005
$65,240.50
$75,266.00
Average Weekly Wage
Industry
Lander
Statewide
Mining
Construction
$1217
$1635
$1194
$888
TTU
$512
$892
Educ & Health
$720
$807
Service
$288
$584
Government
$797
$1461
Total
$891
$764
Major Employers:
Company
Cortez Gold Mine
Newmont Gold Mine
School District
Employees
504
448
175
John Davis Trucking
160
Lander County
103
M.I. Swaco Drilling
88
Hospital
85
Etcheverry Food Town
75
Bureau of Land Mgmt
58
Owl Club
58
Broadway Colt
52
Dyno Nobel
33
Taxes: There are no Corporate,
Income, Estate, Franchise, Gift,
Inventory, Personal Income, Special
Intangible and Unitary taxes.
Sales Tax: 6.75% (None on groceries)
Property Tax: 35% of cash value
Lander County
Demographics
Mileage from Battle Mountain:
Westbound Interstate 80 (East-West)
Reno ----------------------------------217 miles
Sacramento-------------------------- 352 miles
San Francisco----------------------- 440 miles
Eastbound
Salt Lake City -----------------------304 miles
Denver -------------------------------827 miles
Northbound Highway 95 (North-South)
Boise ----------------------------------320 miles
Southbound
Los Angeles------------------------- -685 miles
Lander County is located in north central
Nevada, 4,513 feet above sea level at 40:38:32N Longitude: by 116:56:00W - Latitude. The
average annual precipitation is 7.49 inches, while
the average annual snow fall is over double that
amount with 17.1 inches. The average annual
temperature is 65.6 degrees. The July average
high is 93 degrees with the January average low
26.5 degrees. We get an amazing amount of
sunshine with 267 days and a growing season of
106 days.
Mileage from Austin:
Highway 50 (East-West)
Westbound
San Francisco -----------------------397 miles
Eastbound
Salt Lake City---------------------- -377 miles
Battle Mountain offers many recreation facilities;
Basketball courts, Baseball fields, Copper Basin
Bike Trail, Football fields, 9 Hole Golf Course,
Playgrounds/ Parks, Skate Park, Race Track,
Rodeo Grounds, Soccer Fields, Tennis Courts,
and a Swimming Pool. In addition to that there
are many outdoor enthusiast locations to visit
such as Lewis Canyon and Mill Creek
Campground.
Airport
Lander County Airport:
(775)635-2245
Elevation
2 Runways
4532
7300 x 150 (03-21)
7300 x 100 (12-30)
Communications
CTAF/UNICOM/AWOS III (119.45)
For further information:
Battle Mountain Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 333 625 S. Broad Street
Battle Mountain, NV 89820
(775)635-8245 (775)635-8064 fax
www.shopbattlemountain.com
Austin is very interesting place as well. They are
on the National Register of Historic Places. There
is a lot to see, Stokes Castle, Big Smokey Valley,
Gridley Store, Kingston Canyon and lots of rock
hunting just to name a few.
Age Distribution
Population
Year Population
Year
0-9
#
%
10 - 19
20 - 29
30 - 39
40 - 49
50 - 59
#
#
#
#
#
%
%
%
%
> 85
%
#
%
2007
5,747
2006
5,655
2007 613
2005
5,509
2006 1,072 22.2 470 9.7 727 15.1 1,407 29.1 642 13.3 452 9.4 57 1.2
2004
5,357
2008
5,891
Race/Ethnic Origin
Population within the
Unincorporated Towns
City
Austin
City
Battle
Mountain
City
Kingston
Year
12.6 890 18.3 585 12.0 458
White
American
Hawaiian,
MultiBlack Indian/Alaska Asian Pacific Hispanic
Race
Native
Islander
Other
#
#
#
%
%
#
%
4.2
4.6
2006
287
2006 4,289 88.9 13 0.3 202
2005 3,923 83.8 11 0.2 216
2005
288
Educational Attainment
2004
293
2003
271
2002
295
Year Population
Year Population
2006
2740
2005
2692
2004
22645
2003
2623
2002
2770
Year Population
2006
306
2005
288
2004
239
2003
271
2002
256
2003
271
2002
256
Year
9.4 731 15.0 764 15.7 830 17.0
9th-12th
no
diploma
< 9th
Population
25+
2007 2,992
2006 2,930
#
#
%
24 0.5 3 0.1
15 0.3 2 0.0
High
School
Diploma
#
#
%
%
Some
Graduate/
College Associate Bachelor's
Professional
no
Degree
Degree
Degree
diploma
%
#
%
#
5.3 244 8.2 91
5.6 234 8.0 89
%
3.0
3.0
County Gender Composition
Name
Grade Attendance
Austin Elementary
K-5
9
Austin High School 6-12
28
Battle Mountain
Elementary
Eleanor LeMaire
%
802 16.6 62 1.3 234 4.8
762 16.3 109 2.3 406 8.7
# % # %
#
%
#
%
#
194 6.5 401 13.4 1,122 37.5 781 26.1 159
182 6.2 390 13.3 1,099 37.5 771 26.3 165
School District
Junior High
High School
Total
%
K-3
336
4-6
222
7-8
9-12
168
403
1,166.00
Year
Male
#
Female
%
#
%
2007
2,470 50.7
2,401 49.3
2006
2,462 51.0
2,365 49.0