2025 Compare Cities Health:
Somerville, MA vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- There are 226 physicians per 100,000 people in Albany.
- There are 371 physicians per 100,000 people in Somerville.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Somerville, MAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock52.158.4
 Water Quality (100=best)43  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.386.9
 Physicians per Cap.371  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock104100
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Reviews for Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 17 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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