2025 Compare Cities Health:
Rochester, NY vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- There are 454 physicians per 100,000 people in Columbia.
- There are 294 physicians per 100,000 people in Rochester.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Rochester, NYColumbia, MDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock48.258.4
 Water Quality (100=best)48  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.294  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock92100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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