2025 Compare Cities Health:
Charleston, SC vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- There are 1,194 physicians per 100,000 people in Rochester.
- There are 478 physicians per 100,000 people in Charleston.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Charleston, SCRochester, MNUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock51.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)50  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.586.9
 Physicians per Cap.478  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock93100
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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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