2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Yelm, WA vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Household income in Elko, is 3% less than it is in Yelm and is 14% above the National Average.
- Yelm unemployment rate is 5.9%.
- Elko unemployment rate is 3.3%.
 Yelm, WAElko, NVUnited States
 Unemployment Rate5.9%3.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.4%0.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth42.7%31.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.9%7.1%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$28,130$36,406$37,638
 Household Income$83,027$80,148$69,021
 Family Median Income$86,292$92,009$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Yelm, WAElko, NVUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K6.9%10.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.7%1.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K3.5%7.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.4%8.7%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.5%5.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.5%6.4%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K8.3%7.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K25.8%15.0%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K19.9%23.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K11.0%7.2%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K3.4%6.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Yelm, WAElko, NVUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.9%10.0%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science3.4%9.5%6.5%
 Community, social services1.6%2.4%1.8%
 Legal0.0%0.2%1.2%
 Education, library5.4%6.6%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.0%0.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.7%4.2%6.2%
 Healthcare support6.5%0.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement6.5%1.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.5%8.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance1.6%4.5%3.6%
 Personal care3.7%2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support21.0%17.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.0%0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair13.7%18.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving14.6%12.7%13.1%
Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 15 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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