2025 Compare Cities Health:
Santa Cruz, CA vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- There are 183 physicians per 100,000 people in Thousand Oaks.
- There are 237 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Cruz.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Cruz, CAThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock6558.4
 Water Quality (100=best)29  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.886.9
 Physicians per Cap.237  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock100100
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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 Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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