2025 Compare Cities Health:
Elk Grove, CA vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- There are 211 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Monica.
- There are 206 physicians per 100,000 people in Elk Grove.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Elk Grove, CASanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock34.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock9586.9
 Physicians per Cap.206  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock89100
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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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