2025 Compare Cities Health:
Iowa City, IA vs DeKalb, IL

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Highlights
- There are 85 physicians per 100,000 people in DeKalb.
- There are 605 physicians per 100,000 people in Iowa City.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Iowa City, IADeKalb, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock71.158.4
 Water Quality (100=best)73  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock95.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.605  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock107100
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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 7 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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Reviews for Dekalb    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

While I love the cheaper rents then in the closer suburbs (to Chicago), the lack of high paying jobs for anyone without high degrees (Masters or higher) is  More

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As a 37 year resident of DeKalb - an escapee of the Chicago suburbs, I am pleased to write a bit about my hometown. Originally a college town in a farming community,  More

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