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Elko, NV vs Rifle, CO

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- People living in Rifle are 12.2% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Elko
 Elko, NVRifle, COUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock28.3%49.4%
 Baptist4.5%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Catholic14.2%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock4.0%2.1%
 Lutheran1.0%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock1.5%1.9%
 Methodist0.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock0.3%1.7%
 Other Christian1.8%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
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 Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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