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Carson, CA vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Elko has been positive.
- Elko has 8.7% more unemployment than Carson.
- Elko job growth has increased by 3.4% in the past 10 years.

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 Carson, CAElko, NVUnited States
 Current Unemployment12.0%3.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth32.9%31.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-12.2%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-11.6%-1.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-8.2%0.7%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-3.0%3.4%6.3%

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Reviews for Carson    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

The city is going through "Urban Renewal", which means the poor,elderly and homeless can't afford the "NEW" Townhomes so this is what goes on if you fall under either  More

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Over 9 years ago

The weather is very nice throughout the year. We could use more  More

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I've lived in Carson all my life and the only thing special here is the weather. Summers are great, as it is in the 70s for most of the time. However, this is a  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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ZIPS IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA
90745 90746 90747
ZIPS IN ELKO, NEVADA
89801

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