2025 Compare Cities Health:
Lake Forest, CA vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- There are 226 physicians per 100,000 people in Oakland.
- There are 249 physicians per 100,000 people in Lake Forest.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Lake Forest, CAOakland, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock46.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)65  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.249  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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