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Fairmont, WV vs Elkin, NC

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Highlights
- There are 135 physicians per 100,000 people in Elkin.
- There are 144 physicians per 100,000 people in Fairmont.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Fairmont, WVElkin, NCUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock65.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock96.886.9
 Physicians per Cap.144  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock106100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Fairmont    2 Reviews

I find Fairmont to be a pretty good town to raise kids. You get to be a "big fish in a little pond" here. Everyone knows you and looks after you if you want to let them.  More

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Over 14 years ago

This is not so much a comment about where I live, but more of me ,looking for some helpful suggestions. I live in West Virgina, been here all my life. And now I'm  More

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Reviews for Elkin    4 Reviews

My family and I also live in State Road, which is just a few miles outside of Elkin. Let's start with the many many amazing things about the area: 1) The Elkin  More

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I moved here 21 years ago from East Tennessee to be with my estranged wife and unborn child. If not for them, I would never have came here. I am still trapped here.  More

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Elkin City Schools are some of the best in the nation! Elkin High School doesn't just meet a standard, but sets a bar that only two other schools in North Carolina  More

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