2025 Compare Cities Health:
Portsmouth, VA vs Rocky Mount, NC

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Highlights
- There are 152 physicians per 100,000 people in Rocky Mount.
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Portsmouth.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Portsmouth, VARocky Mount, NCUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock63.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock95.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.237  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
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Reviews for Portsmouth    4 Reviews

I have lived in Westhaven neighborhood in Portsmouth for 23 yrs. I have never smelled a paper mill in Portsmouth. I grew up in MA about a mile from one, so I know what  More

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Over 15 years ago

Housing not always  More

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Does anyone living near Portsmouth, VA smell a paper  More

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Reviews for Rocky Mount    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Anarchy. Not a good place to live. People drag race up and down the roads at all hours when elderly relatives and neighbors are trying to sleep, and the police here do  More

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Okay, I'm writing this review because I use this site a lot. I think there's some mis-information about Rocky Mount here. Truth be made known, it is neither as good, nor  More

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Over 14 years ago

I move from Washington DC to rocky mount nc nov2008 and I sold my home in Dc and brought a home in rockymount cash money.But Know ready to leave should I hold on to this  More

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