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Elko, NV vs Lakeview, OR

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Lakeview has been positive.
- Lakeview has 4.2% less unemployment than Elko.
- Lakeview job growth has increased by 6.6% in the past 10 years.
 Elko, NVLakeview, ORUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.9%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock8.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth3.4%  Unlock6.3%
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 17 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 18 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 Lakeview    1 Reviews

I lived in Lakeview for 18 years. It is a dirty, windy high desert town with an extreme intolerance of anyone of a different color or of higher educational achievement.  More

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