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

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Highlights
- There are 234 physicians per 100,000 people in Champaign.
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Cruz.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Cruz, CAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock60.558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)29  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.986.9
 Physicians per Cap.237  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  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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