2026 Compare Cities Health:
Castro Valley, CA vs Menlo Park, CA

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Highlights
- There are 302 physicians per 100,000 people in Menlo Park.
- There are 226 physicians per 100,000 people in Castro Valley.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Castro Valley, CAMenlo Park, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock63.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)32  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock97.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.226  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock107100
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Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 12 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  More

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