2025 Compare Cities Health:
La Mesa, CA vs El Cajon, CA

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Highlights
- There are 233 physicians per 100,000 people in El Cajon.
- There are 233 physicians per 100,000 people in La Mesa.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 La Mesa, CAEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock54.858.4
 Water Quality (100=best)75  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock9886.9
 Physicians per Cap.233  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock89100
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Reviews for La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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