2025 Compare Cities Health:
Rock Island, IL vs Pittsburg, KS

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Highlights
- There are 145 physicians per 100,000 people in Pittsburg.
- There are 165 physicians per 100,000 people in Rock Island.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Rock Island, ILPittsburg, KSUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock62.958.4
 Water Quality (100=best)45  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock86.586.9
 Physicians per Cap.165  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock101100
   (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 Pittsburg    7 Reviews

I lived in Pittsburg for several years and am glad I left. I liked the small town atmosphere but the economy was in terrible shape --> and still is very bad. The college  More

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Lack of industry equals lack of jobs. Period. Whether you are white collar or blue collar, jobs folded in Southeast Kansas along with the coal mines, and nothing has  More

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Over 17 years ago

small town, big  More

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