2026 Compare Cities Health:
Bethesda, MD vs Laurel, DE

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Highlights
- There are 154 physicians per 100,000 people in Laurel.
- There are 506 physicians per 100,000 people in Bethesda.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Bethesda, MDLaurel, DEUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock70.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)50  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock74.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.506  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock117100
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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Laurel    2 Reviews

In the town of Laurel there are two properties taxes, town and country. Outside of town only has county. In town of Laurel there is city water, sewage and trash with a  More

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Laurel is place I moved to because a house was available at a time when a roof was the most important thing in my life. The people here are snooty for no reason. Jobs a  More

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