2025 Compare Cities Health:
Portage, MI vs Plainwell, MI

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Highlights
- There are 53 physicians per 100,000 people in Plainwell.
- There are 275 physicians per 100,000 people in Portage.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Portage, MIPlainwell, MIUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock7958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock82.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.275  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock93100
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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 20 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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Reviews for Plainwell    1 Reviews

Plainwell is just off US131 about 10 minutes north of Kalamazoo (pop 71,000) and 20 minutes south of Grand Rapids. Nice "class B" school with a high percentage going on  More

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