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

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Highlights
- There are 212 physicians per 100,000 people in Wichita.
- There are 165 physicians per 100,000 people in Rock Island.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Rock Island, ILWichita, KSUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock55.758.4
 Water Quality (100=best)45  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock85.686.9
 Physicians per Cap.165  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock102100
   (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 Wichita    58 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Grew up there in the 80s and moving back. It's very true about the feel-good blue skies and the friendliness of the communities. Wichita is perfect for those who want  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived in Wichita for several years and it was a great place to live, low crime for such a large city. Very diverse, lots to do, plenty of jobs and beautiful  More

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I grew up there. Here's the good, bad and ugly. First the bad- the worst thing about this place is the weather. It absolutely sucks all year. It's windy and freezing all  More

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