2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Elko, NV vs La Grande, OR

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- The average commute for residents of La Grande is 14.0% shorter than it is for residents of Elko.
- 183.4% more residents of La Grande work from home compared to residents of Elko.
 Elko, NVLa Grande, ORUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock1427
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 Commute Mode
 Elko, NVLa Grande, ORUnited States
 Auto (alone)66.8%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock10.5%8.6%
 Mass Transit10.4%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.6%0.5%
 Walk3.3%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock7.3%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Elko, NVLa Grande, ORUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.8.3%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock32.8%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.20.4%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock8.9%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.3.3%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock1.8%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.3.0%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock0.6%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.0.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock1.2%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.13.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock3.0%2.9%
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 La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 3 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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