2025 Compare Cities Health:
Kankakee, IL vs Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- There are 199 physicians per 100,000 people in Lafayette.
- There are 137 physicians per 100,000 people in Kankakee.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Kankakee, ILLafayette, INUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock6758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.137  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock84100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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Reviews for Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 13 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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