2025 Compare Cities Health:
Waukegan, IL vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- There are 275 physicians per 100,000 people in Portage.
- There are 290 physicians per 100,000 people in Waukegan.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 Waukegan, ILPortage, MIUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock6858.4
 Water Quality (100=best)28  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock72.486.9
 Physicians per Cap.290  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock90100
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Reviews for Waukegan    3 Reviews

Great people, beautifully diverse. All live and work together to provide the best for all residents. Lake County College is completing a 40 million dollar building  More

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Over 12 years ago

We're looking for a moderate climate. Waukegan is on Lake Michigan and could have a dynamic vibrant downtown but it doesn't. Great master plan if somehow Waukegan can  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have been living in north east waukegan for 12 years and I am excited by the recent surge of growth in the downtown area. Thanks to the Genesee theater, there are  More

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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 20 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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