2025 Compare Cities Health:
Santa Clara, CA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- There are 13 physicians per 100,000 people in Fairfax.
- There are 257 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Clara.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Clara, CAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock44.358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)40  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock98.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.257  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock100100
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Reviews for Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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