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Tehachapi, CA vs Elko, NV

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- Household income in Elko, is 47% more than it is in Tehachapi and is 14% above the National Average.
- Tehachapi unemployment rate is 11.1%.
- Elko unemployment rate is 3.3%.
 Tehachapi, CAElko, NVUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock3.3%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.4%1.6%
 Future Job Growth19.6%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$21,105  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$80,148$69,021
 Family Median Income$76,985  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Tehachapi, CAElko, NVUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock10.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.1%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock7.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K12.1%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock5.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K4.6%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock7.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K11.3%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock23.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K8.1%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock6.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Tehachapi, CAElko, NVUnited States
 Management, business, finance10.9%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock9.5%6.5%
 Community, social services0.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.2%1.2%
 Education, library14.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology1.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock0.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement10.7%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock8.0%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.1%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock2.8%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support10.9%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.9%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair14.3%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock12.7%13.1%
Reviews for Tehachapi    8 Reviews

We moved out of the Los Angeles/Orange County area to escape the traffic. When we moved to bear Valley Springs (about 15 miles outside of Tehachapi) there was literally  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived here for over 18 years before moving away and still don't miss this town. This town is great for the elderly and young families but not great for teens and young  More

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Tehachapi is a Mountain Community in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada between the Central Valley (Bakersfield) and the Antelope Valley (Mojave, Palmdale,  More

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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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