2025 Compare Cities Health:
Elko, NV vs Rapid City, SD

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Highlights
- There are 233 physicians per 100,000 people in Rapid City.
- There are 104 physicians per 100,000 people in Elko.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Elko, NVRapid City, SDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock72.858.4
 Water Quality (100=best)47  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.104  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock115100
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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 Rapid City    31 Reviews

I have lived in this city for the last three and half years and I can't stand it!! Let me spell it out for you, but to be fair, let me give you the Pros first:  More

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Unless you made your pension out of state or already bought a home you can't afford to liver there. Rapid City is gray in winter.  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in the city 5 years a loved  More

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