2025 Compare Cities Health:
Pontiac, MI vs Medford, MA

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Highlights
- There are 371 physicians per 100,000 people in Medford.
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Pontiac.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Pontiac, MIMedford, MAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock54.758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)27  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock83.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.454  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock83100
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Reviews for Pontiac    5 Reviews

As soon as they started busing in the early 70’s, this place went to hell in a hand basket! My family moved here in the late 50’s and was once the premiere city in  More

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Like any big city, there are pockets of bad areas in the City. But in general, the Northeast corner is the best with GM powertrain, Piston Palace, Great Lake Crossing,  More

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Lived here from 1979-1998 and the schools are terrible, the future is dim and the crime, poverty and attitude is all so bad that I would not move back here to raise my  More

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Reviews for Medford    2 Reviews

Over 11 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 18 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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