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West Des Moines, IA vs Elko, NV

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- People living in Elko are 19.4% less likely to have a religous affiliation, than people living in West Des Moines
 West Des Moines, IAElko, NVUnited States
 Percent Religious  Unlock40.5%49.4%
 Baptist0.6%  Unlock8.2%
 Episcopalian  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Catholic12.5%  Unlock19.7%
 Church of Jesus Christ  Unlock16.7%2.1%
 Lutheran23.5%  Unlock2.4%
 Pentecostal  Unlock0.6%1.9%
 Methodist7.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Presbyterian  Unlock1.0%1.7%
 Other Christian12.6%  Unlock6.7%
 Judaism  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Eastern0.0%  Unlock0.5%
 Islam  Unlock0.0%0.9%
Reviews for West Des Moines    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I just moved here from out-of-state a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised by the broad range of activities and amenities available in this medium sized IA  More

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Over 16 years ago

Am contemplating a move to WDM from the East Coast (NYC). Might there be anyone out there that may have experienced this and could offer guidance or comment. Thanks.   More

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We just moved to West Des Moines and we love it here! We moved here three months ago and every weekend we have been able to do something different and fun. There is  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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