2025 Compare Cities Health:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- There are 234 physicians per 100,000 people in Champaign.
- There are 216 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Barbara.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Barbara, CAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock60.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)43  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.216  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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