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Carlin is a small town of 2,088 people in Elko County, Nevada. It's about 153 miles from Twin Falls, ID and 219 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 29 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $180k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,088people
$180kTypical home
$1,197/moRent
93° / 39°Summer / winter
29"Snow
263Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,088
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 200 people per sq mi
- 219 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 153 mi to Twin Falls, ID
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $180k (≈$1,133/mo)
- Median rent $1,197/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Dry summers (dew point 34°F)
- 263 sunny days a year (119 totally clear)
- 102 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 29" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 39 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (287 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (588 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 36% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 14% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to EKO airport
- 197 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 20 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 54% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,977 ft
- 341 mi to the ocean
- 111 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 84 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Nevada districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 36 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 142 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 152 mi to the nearest vet
- 66 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 173 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Elko County: R+57 in 2024
- Nevada: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk