2025 Compare Cities Health:
Sweet Home, OR vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- There are 112 physicians per 100,000 people in Bakersfield.
- There are 109 physicians per 100,000 people in Sweet Home.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Sweet Home, ORBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock4358.4
 Water Quality (100=best)60  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock93.286.9
 Physicians per Cap.109  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock89100
   (100 = best)
Reviews for Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 7 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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