2025 Compare Cities Health:
Branson, MO vs Melissa, TX

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Highlights
- There are 228 physicians per 100,000 people in Melissa.
- There are 147 physicians per 100,000 people in Branson.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Branson, MOMelissa, TXUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock59.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)100  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.147  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock96100
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Reviews for Branson    15 Reviews

Where do I begin... First and foremost, everything here is expensive. The rent is high! and YOU pay for water and sewer costs, most residents live in old, substandard  More

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Over 4 years ago

It’s expensive living and everything is outdated from condos to apartments, and even housing. Traffic is also during tourist months. I don’t recommend living here.  More

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Branson is in a beautiful part of the extreme northern Ozarks- that's the good. Crime, even tho the local Govt tries to act like it doesn't exist, drugs, & Traffic are  More

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Reviews for Melissa    3 Reviews

I have lived here since 2008. It is a growing bedroom community. The city has a low crime rate and pretty good schools. The primary entertainment is High School sporting  More

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We moved here 2 years ago and have suffered nothing but hell. If you are not a plain, vanilla, ignorant, intolerant person, do not move here!  More

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Over 17 years ago

warm to hot summer. enough cold in winter to make you appreciate  More

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