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Biddeford, ME vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Elko has been positive.
- Elko has 2.1% more unemployment than Biddeford.
- Elko job growth has increased by 3.4% in the past 10 years.
 Biddeford, MEElko, NVUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.4%3.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.2%31.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.1%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-6.0%-1.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.3%0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.7%3.4%6.3%
Reviews for Biddeford    3 Reviews

The cost of living in Maine is very high. I moved to Biddeford from Boston so we could afford to buy our first home. We had just had a baby and felt it was important to  More

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Over 16 years ago

I don't live in Biddeford, but I visit frequently and it is a nice little Maine town. It has a little of the strip growth and still maintains the older part of town.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Was big in sheeting and blankets. Very large portionof the people are  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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