2025 Compare Cities Health:
Carbondale, IL vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- There are 234 physicians per 100,000 people in Champaign.
- There are 268 physicians per 100,000 people in Carbondale.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Carbondale, ILChampaign, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock60.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)20  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.268  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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