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Spring Creek is a big small town of 14,739 people in Elko County, Nevada. It's about 139 miles from Twin Falls, ID and 192 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 61 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $361k and rent runs about $1k a month.
14,739people
$361kTypical home
$1,386/moRent
88° / 38°Summer / winter
61"Snow
262Sunny days
77Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 14,739
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 275 people per sq mi
- 192 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 139 mi to Twin Falls, ID
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $361k (≈$2,274/mo)
- Median rent $1,386/mo
- Median household income $105k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Dry summers (dew point 35°F)
- 262 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 103 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 77 days a year with rain or snow
- 61" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 40 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (274 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (675 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 42% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 44 min
- 17% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to EKO airport
- 189 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 5,453 ft
- 365 mi to the ocean
- 138 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 87 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Nevada districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 30 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 127 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 138 mi to the nearest vet
- 41 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 154 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