2025 Compare Cities Health:
Decatur, IL vs Newark, NJ

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Highlights
- There are 300 physicians per 100,000 people in Newark.
- There are 217 physicians per 100,000 people in Decatur.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Decatur, ILNewark, NJUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock26.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)20  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock77.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.217  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock91100
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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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