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Thornton, CO vs Elko, NV

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- People living in Elko are 10.0% more likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in Thornton
 Thornton, COElko, NVUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.5%49.4%
 Baptist1.0%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic16.6%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock16.7%2.1%
 Lutheran1.3%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.6%1.9%
 Methodist0.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.0%1.7%
 Other Christian3.9%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern1.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  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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