2025 Compare Cities Health:
Boone, NC vs Shamokin, PA

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Highlights
- There are 71 physicians per 100,000 people in Shamokin.
- There are 236 physicians per 100,000 people in Boone.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Boone, NCShamokin, PAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock51.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)80  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock90.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.236  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
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Reviews for Boone    15 Reviews

Not sure where they got the rents from. Maybe not updated as there is nowhere to rent in Boone. Unless a student and they are paying $1000+ for 1 bedroom/bath shared  More

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Over 11 years ago

Boone and the High Country's climate is unique to North Carolina and the Southeast. It's cool summers and snowy winters are much more comparable to places much farther  More

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The area is beautiful - living in the Blue Ridge Mountains is gorgeous. But .. the views don't pay the bills. Housing is overpriced. You are better off living  More

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Reviews for Shamokin    3 Reviews

I went to visit and almost purchased a home there but the home had a problem, doesn't mean that I will not go back, I really don't understand why so much bad talk about  More

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Shamokin, PA is an old coal town that's multiple decades past its prime. The area is growing with dilapidated and unsafe buildings while the city is bankrupt, unable to  More

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alright here is a comment unless you ar a raging alcoholic shamokin is the place where your happiness would go to die and i am serious you cant get a job here i hate it  More

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