2025 Compare Cities Health:
Elko, NV vs Pagosa Springs, CO

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Highlights
- There are 138 physicians per 100,000 people in Pagosa Springs.
- There are 104 physicians per 100,000 people in Elko.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Elko, NVPagosa Springs, COUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock93.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)47  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock10086.9
 Physicians per Cap.104  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock113100
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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 Pagosa Springs    12 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Driving in from the Durango airport (If you can ignore the slum area just before town on 160) is a beautiful sight! As pretty as any town in Colorado. (Except for all  More

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Over 7 years ago

First off it’s generally beautiful around here! Tons of things to do..mostly outside things, like you’d expect from a ski/mountain town -hunting, fishing, hiking,  More

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Over 8 years ago

Pagosa is a beautiful mountain town with an abundance of outdoor activities: skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping. It is also a major tourist area with many  More

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