2024 Compare Cities Health:
Medford, MA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- There are 376 physicians per 100,000 people in Portland.
- There are 371 physicians per 100,000 people in Medford.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Medford, MAPortland, ORUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)54.720.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)435255
 Superfund Sites (100=best)83.48786.9
 Physicians per Cap.371376210
 Health Cost8386100
(100 = best)
Reviews for Medford    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Medford is still an affordable place to live compared to the surrounding communities of Somerville, Cambridge, Winchester, and Arlington. It has easy access to highways  More

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Over 17 years ago

Quality housing still at affordable prices. A nice bedroom community 7 miles from downtown Boston with excellent access to Cape Cod and New  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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