2025 Compare Cities Health:
Bakersfield, CA vs Elk Grove, CA

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Highlights
- There are 206 physicians per 100,000 people in Elk Grove.
- There are 112 physicians per 100,000 people in Bakersfield.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Bakersfield, CAElk Grove, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock37.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)42  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock95.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.112  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock97100
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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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