2025 Compare Cities Health:
Alameda, CA vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- There are 86 physicians per 100,000 people in Merced.
- There are 226 physicians per 100,000 people in Alameda.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Alameda, CAMerced, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock43.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)32  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.226  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock106100
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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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