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

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Highlights
- There are 124 physicians per 100,000 people in Elgin.
- There are 268 physicians per 100,000 people in Carbondale.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Carbondale, ILElgin, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock6758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)20  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.268  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock96100
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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 Elgin    9 Reviews

When I first moved to Elgin 2 years ago I did not like it. I lived in a mobile home park near the river and highway 90 in a senior community that over prices it's lot  More

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Hi, as a way of updating the post for Elgin and providing a rebuttal for some of the negative reviews, I've decided to post on this board. I've lived in Elgin since  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Elgin my whole life and it is very sad to read these comments about my town.... I'm a senior at South Elgin High School and I will be graduating this  More

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