2025 Compare Cities Health:
Council Bluffs, IA vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- There are 450 physicians per 100,000 people in Portland.
- There are 101 physicians per 100,000 people in Council Bluffs.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Council Bluffs, IAPortland, MEUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock53.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)80  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock85.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.101  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock95100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Council Bluffs    4 Reviews

It's an okay city. Nothing special really. All the fun things to do and good restaurants are across the river in Omaha. I will say CB has some pretty good recreational  More

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Over 9 years ago

Quietly over the years this community has taken untold amounts of riverfront casino tax dollars and converted them into hundreds and hundreds of community improvement  More

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Over 15 years ago

here in council bluffs iowa, we have low crime rate. There have been an increase in shopping areas in the last 2 years and lots of new resturants and three casinos. It  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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