2025 Compare Cities Health:
Penn Hills, PA vs Lancaster, PA

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Highlights
- There are 177 physicians per 100,000 people in Lancaster.
- There are 381 physicians per 100,000 people in Penn Hills.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Penn Hills, PALancaster, PAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock19.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)52  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock89.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.381  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock111100
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Reviews for Penn Hills    2 Reviews

I was born at Mercy Hospital - now U. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. in the 1950's. I grew up for the first 5 years in Penn Hills. It was idyllic area for a kid. We lived on  More

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Over 17 years ago

Commuting into the city of Pittsburgh from Penn Hills is very frustrating. A 10-mile trip can take 45 minutes, even outside of normal rush-hour  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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