About 221 people a year moved from Elko County into Washoe County in 2016-2020, with a margin of error of 126. About 596 a year moved from Washoe County to Elko County, but that estimate carries a margin of 452.
Elko County sits in the northeast corner of Nevada. Its seat, the city of Elko, is 288 miles and about 4 hours 49 minutes from the Sparks warehouse by I-80. The table above shows the one Elko row in the Census flows into Washoe County for 2016-2020.
Largest flowElko County, Nevada
Moved from Elko County to Washoe County, per yearabout 221
Elko from the warehouse288 mi, about 4 h 49 min
Moves into Washoe County from Elko County, per year
The inbound row is about 221 people a year, plus or minus 126, which gives a range of about 95 to 347. The outbound row, from the Washoe table on the Reno movers page, is about 596 plus or minus 452, a range of about 144 to 1,048. The two ranges overlap between about 144 and 347, so the data cannot prove that more people go to Elko than come from it.
The wide outbound margin is typical of a small destination. When the number of survey respondents is low, the estimate can swing a long way in either direction.
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Elko with its Nevada neighbors
Elko County also trades people with Nevada's western counties. About 177 people a year moved from Elko County to Douglas County (plus or minus 160), about 70 to Lyon County, and about 149 from Churchill County to Elko County. Carson City sent about 169 people a year to Elko. Every one of these has a margin close to or above its estimate, so they show that Elko is a recurring destination without sizing it.
All the flows are small compared with the main Reno corridors, such as the 4,392 people a year from Clark County into Washoe.
Elko housing and weather
The 2020-2024 American Community Survey records 7,608 households in Elko, 37.4 percent of them renting, with a median year built of 1988 and a median home value of $309,100. NOAA's normals for Elko Regional Airport give an average January high of 37.9 F and low of 16.0 F, about 41.2 inches of snow a year and about 9.99 inches of precipitation. Reno's airport averages 20.9 inches of snow, so Elko moves in winter may meet cold and snow that Reno does not.
Winnemucca is 163 miles and 2 hours 46 minutes from the warehouse and Lovelock 91 miles and 1 hour 35 minutes, both on the same I-80 corridor.
What an Elko move involves
A move between Reno or Sparks and Elko stays inside Nevada, so it falls under O'Brien's Nevada authority for in-state moves; see moves within Nevada. Pages for the two ends are movers in Elko and moving to Elko, and the broader rural Nevada page covers Winnemucca, Lovelock and Tonopah.
Because the distance is large, the written estimate sets the dates for pickup and delivery.
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Limits
The 2016-2020 flows count people and cannot separate Elko from the rest of the county, such as Spring Creek or Wells. They do not reveal whether movers went for mining, health care, school or family reasons, and they predate any change after 2020.
Do more people move from Reno to Elko or the other way?
The data cannot say. About 596 a year went from Washoe to Elko (plus or minus 452) and about 221 came the other way (plus or minus 126), and the ranges overlap.
How far is Elko from Reno?
About 288 miles and 4 hours 49 minutes by free-flow drive from the Sparks warehouse, almost all on I-80.
How cold does Elko get?
NOAA's 1991-2020 normals at Elko Regional Airport show an average January high of 37.9 F and low of 16.0 F, with about 41.2 inches of snow a year.
Is a move to Elko an interstate move?
No. Elko is in Nevada, so a move from Reno or Sparks is within the state.
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