2025 Compare Cities Health:
Jamestown, NY vs Scranton, PA

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Highlights
- There are 235 physicians per 100,000 people in Scranton.
- There are 117 physicians per 100,000 people in Jamestown.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Jamestown, NYScranton, PAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock65.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)83  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock72.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.117  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock103100
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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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Reviews for Scranton    20 Reviews

I retired and moved here in 2008 because it was a cheap place to live and my house cost only $70,000 in '08. I found through time that the city is low in crime, has a  More

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LOVE LIVING IN NORTH SCRANTON PA....MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND HAVE MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE. BEING FROM NY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE MOVED  More

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I HAVE LIVED IN NORTH SCRANTON FOR 10YRS, I REALLY ENJOY LIFE HERE. THERE IS SO MUCH TO OFFER, SUPER LOW COST OF LIVING, HOUSING IS CHEAP TO BUY FOR A NICE HOME. WE HAVE  More

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