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Elko, NV vs Pahrump, NV

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- The average commute for residents of Pahrump is 2.6% longer than it is for residents of Elko.
- 162.5% more residents of Pahrump work from home compared to residents of Elko.
 Elko, NVPahrump, NVUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock3027
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 Commute Mode
 Elko, NVPahrump, NVUnited States
 Auto (alone)66.8%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock7.0%8.6%
 Mass Transit10.4%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.0%0.5%
 Walk3.3%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock6.8%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Elko, NVPahrump, NVUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.8.3%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock11.7%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.20.4%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock19.6%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.3.3%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock3.2%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.  Unlock3.7%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.13.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock6.1%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 Pahrump    28 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

There is so much new blood here and it's young. With the opening of Arby's, Chipotle, and maybe Dutch Brothers it's starting to feel a lot bigger than it used to. There  More

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Over 3 years ago

We moved to Pahrump about 7 years ago after our home in Las Vegas sold to the first couple looking at it, and we couldn't find a home there that we liked in our price  More

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Someone needs to update this information. Things have changed. The Town of Pahrump is making changes. No one wants negative comments about where they live, and the fact  More

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