Nevada / AIANNHCE 4580 / Federally-recognized area

Wells

The full tribal profile includes the report map, demographic tables, broadband tables, FCC provider sections, and interactive charts.

100.0%25/3 availability

97.1%100/20 availability

0.0%1000/100 availability

8Fixed providers

Figure 1. Location of Wells within Nevada, with boundary detail (inset).

About the Tribal Area

Federally recognized tribe in Nevada, centered on Wells Colony, spans about 0.1 square miles. FCC BDC records show 8 fixed providers and 3 mobile providers across roughly 80 service locations, with current availability of 100.0% at 25/3 Mbps, and 97.1% at 100/20.

Tribal Area Description

In Nevada, Wells has tribal lands managed by a federally recognized tribe. The land base is relevant for broadband planning due to rural service coverage and middle-mile access constraints.

Website Summary: www.temoaktribe.com/index.shtml

The Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone page for Wells functions as a community information page rather than a long-form tribal history. It emphasizes local contacts, community resources, and links to regional programs and services. The available content is oriented toward practical resources rather than a dedicated narrative profile for the tribe.

Table 1. Demographics

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Population	87	73	54	67	39	36
Households	30	27	19	28	20	18
Median age	53.3	53.3	43.0	45.3	47.1	47.5
Male / Female	46.0% / 54.0%	46.6% / 53.4%	44.4% / 55.6%	47.8% / 52.2%	64.1% / 35.9%	47.2% / 52.8%
Avg. household size	2.90	2.70	2.84	2.39	1.95	2.00
Pop. density (per sq mi)	686.5	576.0	426.1	528.6	307.7	284.1
HH density (per sq mi)	236.7	213.0	149.9	220.9	157.8	142.0

Table 2. Economic & Education

Indicator	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Median household income	$40,000	$50,313	$31,250	$36,250	$33,750	$46,250
Per capita income	$18,410	$19,667	$16,528	$17,901	$20,215	$31,625
Poverty rate	25.3%	16.4%	20.4%	17.9%	28.2%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	8.3%	3.4%	6.7%	5.9%	0.0%
HS diploma or higher	54.2%	54.1%	61.9%	68.5%	75.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	3.3%	2.4%	3.7%	13.9%	3.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Queried by AIANNHCE code. Population and household density are calculated from Census population or households divided by land area in square miles.

Table 3. Download/Upload Speeds (Mbps)

Period	Download	Upload
2019Q1	9.3 Mbps	3.2 Mbps
2019Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2019Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2020Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2021Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2022Q1	90.5 Mbps	18.3 Mbps
2022Q2	48.2 Mbps	10.7 Mbps
2022Q3	102.8 Mbps	3.8 Mbps
2022Q4	15.0 Mbps	19.1 Mbps
2023Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2023Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2023Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2023Q4	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q1	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q2	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps
2024Q3	0.0 Mbps	0.0 Mbps

Table 4. Coverage by Tier (%)

Year	25/3	100/20	1 Gbps
2015	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	72.2%	72.2%	0.0%
2023	91.2%	91.2%	0.0%
2024	100.0%	97.1%	0.0%

Table 5. Adoption (%)

Year	All households	Low-income households
2017	56.8%	33.3%
2018	48.5%	37.5%
2019	50.0%	44.4%
2020	48.1%	50.0%
2021	52.6%	40.0%
2022	57.1%	66.7%
2023	70.0%	66.7%
2024	55.6%	40.0%

Table 6. Current Status (2024, %)

Tier	Coverage
25/3 Mbps	100.0%
100/20 Mbps	97.1%
1 Gbps	0.0%

Table 7. Comparison with National Averages (%)

Metric	Tribal	National
25/3 Mbps	100.0%	92%
100/20 Mbps	97.1%	85%
Adoption	55.6%	78%

Sources: FCC Broadband Data Collection, Ookla Open Data Initiative, and U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. National benchmarks are carried over from the report comparison section.

Figure 2. Speed Trends (2019–2024)

Figure 3. Availability (2015–2025)

Figure 4. Adoption (2017–2024)

Figure 5. Current Status (2024)

Figure 6. Comparison with National Averages

Figure 7. Fixed Coverage by Technology (25/3 Mbps)

Figure 8. Mobile Area Coverage

Notes: speed trends reflect quarterly mean throughput. Availability shows the share of population with access. Tooltips on the charts expose the underlying values for each series.

Table 8. Broadband Provider Summary

Metric	Value
Fixed broadband providers	8
Mobile broadband providers	3
Broadband serviceable locations	80

Table 9. Broadband Providers

Fixed	Mobile
Frontier Communications Corporation	AT&T Inc.
EchoStar Corporation	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
JAB Wireless, Inc.	—
Viasat, Inc.	—
Wells Community Internet Project	—
Satview Broadband Ltd.	—
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	—

Table 10. Fixed Coverage by Technology (% of locations)

Technology	25/3	100/20	250/25	1 Gbps
Any Technology	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%
Fiber	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Cable	86.3%	86.3%	86.3%	0.0%
Fixed Wireless	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Copper (DSL)	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Satellite	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Table 11. Mobile Coverage (% of area)

Technology	Coverage
4G LTE	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 1)	100.0%
5G-NR (Speed Tier 2)	100.0%
Total area (sq mi)	0.211

Table 8. Coverage by Tier and Technology (% of locations)

Dec. 2022

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	83.3	83.3	72.2	72.2	72.2
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	83.3	83.3	72.2	72.2	72.2
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.2
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	72.2
Cable	72.2	72.2	72.2	72.2	72.2
Cable/Fiber	72.2	72.2	72.2	72.2	72.2
Copper	66.7	66.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

June 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	91.2
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	91.2
Cable	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
Cable/Fiber	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
Copper	64.7	64.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

Dec. 2023

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	91.2
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	91.2
Cable	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
Cable/Fiber	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2	91.2
Copper	70.6	70.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

June 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	82.5	82.5	82.5	82.5	82.5
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	86.3	86.3	86.3	82.5	82.5
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	82.5
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	82.5
Cable	82.5	82.5	82.5	82.5	82.5
Cable/Fiber	82.5	82.5	82.5	82.5	82.5
Copper	60.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	13.8	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	3.8	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

Dec. 2024

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Wired	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.3
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.3
Cable	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
Cable/Fiber	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
Copper	60.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	10.0	7.5	7.5	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

June 2025

Technology	2/2	10/1	25/3	100/20	250/25
All Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
All Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
All Wired	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
All Wired and Licensed Fixed Wireless	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
Any Technology	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any Terrestrial	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.3
Cable	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
Cable/Fiber	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3	86.3
Copper	55.0	55.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fiber	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Licensed Fixed Wireless	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
NGSO Satellite	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Unlicensed Fixed Wireless	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0

FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 filing vintage. Coverage values show the share of residential broadband serviceable locations by technology and speed tier across D22, J23, D23, J24, D24, and J25 filings.

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), June 2025 Filing (J25). Fixed coverage shows the share of residential broadband serviceable locations, and mobile coverage shows the share of tribal land area.