2025 Compare Cities Health:
Joplin, MO vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- There are 112 physicians per 100,000 people in Bakersfield.
- There are 285 physicians per 100,000 people in Joplin.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Joplin, MOBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock4358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.285  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock89100
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Reviews for Joplin    22 Reviews

Wow, this content is dated. Here's an update on Joplin: The Joplin community is rapidly becoming an affordable, livable version of the urban lifestyle that offers  More

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Over 10 years ago

Joplin is inexpensive to live in however humidity is through the roof if you have a roof due to the threat of tornados here. Winters are mild but usually instead of  More

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Over 12 years ago

Winter lasts about 4 months and is fairly cold. Mostly cloudy and dreary with very little if any snow. Spring lasts about 6 weeks and has plenty of rain. Summer lasts  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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