2025 Compare Cities Health:
Grass Valley, CA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Cruz.
- There are 225 physicians per 100,000 people in Grass Valley.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Grass Valley, CASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock72.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)50  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock92.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.225  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock99100
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Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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