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Elko, NV vs Boise City, ID

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- Boise City is 0% more densely populated than Elko.
- People are 5.2% less likely to be married in Boise City.
- The Median Age is 4.5 years older in Boise City.
 Elko, NVBoise City, IDUnited States
 Population  Unlock231,537329,725,481
 Female Population48.2%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population51.8%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock37.738.4
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 Population - 201018,394  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock185,787285,036,114
 Population - 199014,736  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock23.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now39.3%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,767.493.4
 Land Area17.9  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Elko, NVBoise City, IDUnited States
 Age 0 to 47.5%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.6%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.8%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3417.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.1%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.1%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Elko, NVBoise City, IDUnited States
 White59.2%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.6%12.2%
 Asian2.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.1%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock8.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Elko, NVBoise City, IDUnited States
 Married Population50.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock47.0%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.7%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock52.1%50.2%
 Never Married32.0%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.9%10.8%
 Widowed3.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.372.60
 Households7,495  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock55,52580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children38.0%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock46.2%42.9%
 Non Family Households2,884  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock13.0%15.8%
     Single householder, no children4.9%  Unlock10.8%
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 16 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 17 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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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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