2025 Compare Cities Health:
Bellingham, WA vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- There are 1,194 physicians per 100,000 people in Rochester.
- There are 219 physicians per 100,000 people in Bellingham.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Bellingham, WARochester, MNUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock51.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.586.9
 Physicians per Cap.219  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock93100
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Reviews for Bellingham    58 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

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Over 4 years ago

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

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If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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