2025 Compare Cities Health:
Spokane, WA vs Lakewood, WA

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Highlights
- There are 199 physicians per 100,000 people in Lakewood.
- There are 241 physicians per 100,000 people in Spokane.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Spokane, WALakewood, WAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock46.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)38  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock87.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.241  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock84100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  More

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Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 16 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  More

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