2025 Compare Cities Health:
Cathedral City, CA vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- There are 86 physicians per 100,000 people in Merced.
- There are 99 physicians per 100,000 people in Cathedral City.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Cathedral City, CAMerced, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock43.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)50  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.99  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock106100
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Reviews for Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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