2025 Compare Cities Health:
Newark, NJ vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- There are 177 physicians per 100,000 people in Lancaster.
- There are 300 physicians per 100,000 people in Newark.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Newark, NJLancaster, PAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock19.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)1  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock89.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.300  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock111100
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Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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