2025 Compare Cities Health:
Amherst, NY vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- There are 238 physicians per 100,000 people in Poughkeepsie.
- There are 254 physicians per 100,000 people in Amherst.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Amherst, NYPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock46.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)70  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock70.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.254  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock112100
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Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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