2025 Compare Cities Health:
Rock Island, IL vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- There are 322 physicians per 100,000 people in Boulder.
- There are 165 physicians per 100,000 people in Rock Island.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Rock Island, ILBoulder, COUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock74.158.4
 Water Quality (100=best)45  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock87.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.165  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock94100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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