2025 Compare Cities Health:
Parkersburg, WV vs Lafayette, IN

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Highlights
- There are 199 physicians per 100,000 people in Lafayette.
- There are 236 physicians per 100,000 people in Parkersburg.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Parkersburg, WVLafayette, INUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock6758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)33  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock91.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.236  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock84100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Parkersburg    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no  More

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Have worked at St Josephs for the past 11 weeks as a travel RN in the CVICU. A very friendly hospital, great hospitalist and physician availability with CV surgeons of  More

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Reviews for Lafayette    16 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for 12 years and in a smaller town 20 miles away for over 35 years and like the people. But crime is on the rise, more arrests lately related to people  More

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Over 13 years ago

Lafayette still has a small town atmosphere. It is a wonderful place to raise children. There is a strong sense of community. Unfotunately in recent years Lafayette has  More

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I can say I have lived in Lafayette Indiana for 25 years. I'll say that home is home...but I would honestly say in less your a college student at Purdue, I would never  More

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