2025 Compare Cities Health:
Menlo Park, CA vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- There are 226 physicians per 100,000 people in Oakland.
- There are 302 physicians per 100,000 people in Menlo Park.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Menlo Park, CAOakland, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock46.458.4
 Water Quality (100=best)45  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.302  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
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Reviews for Menlo Park    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Cost of living is beyond absurdly  More

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Very nice. Good connection to San Francisco or San Jose or any city in between via Caltrain or bus. Weather can't be  More

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My 14mo daughter, wife and I live in Menlo Park, CA which is approximately half way between San Francisco and San Jose. To afford an upper middle class quality of life  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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