Battle Mountain, Nevada.
Typical home $286,299 (+4.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,059 +4%
- $274,240$286,299 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,310 +22%
- $233,989$286,299 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Battle Mountain$1,503
- Nevada$2,313
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Battle Mountain, NV rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Battle Mountain, Lander County, Nevada
Battle Mountain, in Lander County, had 3,705 people in the 2020 census. 73% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Lander County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lander County work in farming, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Battle Mountain is a small community in Lander County, Nevada, where most homes are lived in by their owners and the typical home value sits well below what many buyers would expect elsewhere. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month, and snow arrives each winter, though the year as a whole is dry. Summers turn hot by July, with afternoons that reach about as warm as the climate in this part of Nevada allows.
Work. Residents earn their living in farming, forestry and mining, in government, in professional and business services, and in schools, hospitals and social care. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Lander Schools, Battle Mountain General Hospital and the Bureau of Land Management. Unemployment across Lander County has eased over the past year, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. A river and a lake lie within reach of town. Reese River is a river and Alkali Lake is a lake, and each is a longer drive away. Both suit a day out for anyone who enjoys open country and quiet water.
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- 1,404households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 0%work from home
What people in Lander County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lander County had 3,698 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 46° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 100° and lows near 56°. About 21 inches of snow and 9 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Battle Mountain 4SE weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Battle Mountain
- Lander SchoolsSchool district113FTE
- Battle Mountain General HospitalCritical access hospital58FTE
- Office of the Secretary of the InteriorFederal government · Department of the Interior35
- Bureau of Land ManagementFederal government · Department of the Interior24
School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- WildfireVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Droughtrelatively high in parts of Battle MountainRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of Battle MountainRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Battle Mountain’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lander County.
Battle Mountain home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Battle Mountain$286,299
- Nevada$440,739
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Battle Mountain listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Battle Mountain17
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Battle Mountain address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Battle Mountain — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.