2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Bakersfield, CA vs El Paso, TX

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#26 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#34 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#36 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#37 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#73 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#77 2005 High Gas Prices

#88 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#94 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#95 The Most Single Cities

#282 2005 Best Places to Live

#300 Best Green Cities

#2 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#3 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#8 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#16 Best Cities for Teleworking - Small Metro Areas

#17 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#29 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#35 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#49 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#55 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#59 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#70 2005 High Gas Prices

#78 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#93 The Most Single Cities

#95 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#225 2005 Best Places to Live

#280 Best Green Cities

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

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

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

El Paso has been my home for the majority of my life. I have raised a family here, and have most of my relatives here in town. Through the years, I have noticed how EP  More

I lived in El Paso most of my life, over 40 yrs! I think this city has grown too much and the crime is growing with it. It is a dirty city and people don't care where  More

El Paso Texas might not be a mega-metropolis with the New York and LA style entertainment, but here are some Pros about this bi-national, multi-cultural mid-sized city.   More