2025 Compare Cities Health:
Elko, NV vs Needles, CA

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Highlights
- There are 135 physicians per 100,000 people in Needles.
- There are 104 physicians per 100,000 people in Elko.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Elko, NVNeedles, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock66.758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)47  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.104  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock87100
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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 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 Needles    2 Reviews

I own a home in full, with no mortgage and a spacious yard. I can walk to white, sandy beach riverfront in 10 minutes from my front door. In 20 minutes I can be at  More

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Over 15 years ago

Have lived in Needles for 7 years now. This town is being over run with trash. The town is broke due to Dirt bags people that live off of the system. They said  More

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