2025 Compare Cities Health:
Santa Fe, NM vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- There are 86 physicians per 100,000 people in Merced.
- There are 289 physicians per 100,000 people in Santa Fe.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Santa Fe, NMMerced, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock43.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)74  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.289  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock106100
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Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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