Nursing Home Match

Nursing homes in California

Compare 1154 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across California (CA). The average overall CMS Five-Star rating is 3.2★ — above the national average (3.1★). Browse by city or provider.

California is home to 1,154 nursing facilities, which maintain a collective average CMS overall rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars. Through the federal Care Compare database, these homes are evaluated based on health inspections, staffing levels, and objective quality measures to ensure accountability for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. While 288 facilities currently hold a 5-star rating, including high-performing locations like Redlands Healthcare Center, nursing care quality varies significantly between major urban centers. Visitors can browse this directory to compare local options, review specific CMS star ratings, and find detailed performance data for nursing homes across cities including Los Angeles and San Diego.

Rating distribution

avg 3.2★ · 1,154 homes
5★
288 (25%)
4★
224 (19%)
3★
240 (21%)
2★
208 (18%)
1★
194 (17%)

Top 10 highest rated homes in California

  1. 1.Redlands Healthcare CenterRedlands5.0
  2. 2.FAIRFIELD POST-ACUTE REHABFairfield5.0
  3. 3.MOUNT SAN ANTONIO GARDENSPomona5.0
  4. 4.Mary Health of the Sick Convalescent & Nursing HosNewbury Park5.0
  5. 5.VILLA CORONADO D/P SNFCoronado5.0
  6. 6.Mission View Health CenterSan Luis Obispo5.0
  7. 7.MORAGA POST ACUTEMoraga5.0
  8. 8.YUBA CITY POST ACUTEYuba City5.0
  9. 9.Creekside Healthcare CenterSan Pablo5.0
  10. 10.LINDA MAR CARE CENTERPacifica5.0

Aged Care Planning Regions

Official government regions used to plan and fund aged care across California.

Los Angeles
368 homes · 78 suburbs · avg 2.5★
San Diego
81 homes · 19 suburbs · avg 3.9★
Orange
72 homes · 24 suburbs · avg 3.3★
Alameda
69 homes · 10 suburbs · avg 3.7★
San Bernardino
54 homes · 22 suburbs · avg 4★
Riverside
53 homes · 18 suburbs · avg 3.2★
Santa Clara
50 homes · 13 suburbs · avg 3.6★
Sacramento
36 homes · 8 suburbs · avg 3.5★
Contra Costa
30 homes · 13 suburbs · avg 4★
Fresno
30 homes · 8 suburbs · avg 3★
San Joaquin
24 homes · 5 suburbs · avg 2.8★
Ventura
19 homes · 9 suburbs · avg 4.3★
Sonoma
18 homes · 6 suburbs · avg 3.6★
Stanislaus
17 homes · 6 suburbs · avg 3.1★
San Francisco
17 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 4.4★
Kern
17 homes · 6 suburbs · avg 1.7★
Tulare
16 homes · 5 suburbs · avg 3.1★
San Mateo
14 homes · 10 suburbs · avg 3.6★
Santa Barbara
14 homes · 4 suburbs · avg 3.9★
Monterey
14 homes · 5 suburbs · avg 3.9★
Marin
11 homes · 4 suburbs · avg 2.9★
Merced
10 homes · 4 suburbs · avg 3.6★
Placer
10 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 3.8★
Shasta
10 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 3.6★
Butte
9 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 2.2★
Solano
7 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 4.3★
Santa Cruz
7 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 3.7★
San Luis Obispo
7 homes · 5 suburbs · avg 5★
Yolo
6 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 3★
Napa
6 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 3.2★
Humboldt
5 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 2★
Madera
5 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 3★
Nevada
5 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 3.8★
Sutter
4 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 4★
El Dorado
4 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 3.8★
Mendocino
4 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 2.8★
Kings
3 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 4★
Lake
3 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 2.7★
Imperial
3 homes · 3 suburbs · avg 3★
Tehama
2 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 3★
Plumas
2 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 2.5★
Colusa
2 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 4★
Tuolumne
2 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 3★
Modoc
2 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 4.5★
Inyo
2 homes · 2 suburbs · avg 3★
Mariposa
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 2★
San Benito
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 4★
Siskiyou
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 3★
Calaveras
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 1★
Amador
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 1★
Lassen
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 2★
Del Norte
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 1★
Glenn
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 3★
Yuba
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 5★
Trinity
1 homes · 1 suburbs · avg 4★

Major cities in California

Browse nursing homes by metropolitan area.

Los Angeles
368 homes
San Francisco Bay Area
191 homes
San Diego
81 homes
Sacramento
36 homes

Largest providers in California

PACS GROUP
131 homes in CA · 263 nationally · avg 3★
THE ENSIGN GROUP
71 homes in CA · 333 nationally · avg 3.2★
DAVID JOHNSON
45 homes in CA · 47 nationally · avg 3.3★
LONGWOOD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
38 homes in CA · 38 nationally · avg 2.2★
Legal Business Name Not Available
36 homes in CA · 394 nationally · avg 3.1★
ASPEN SKILLED HEALTHCARE
33 homes in CA · 34 nationally · avg 3.6★
CAMBRIDGE HEALTHCARE SERVICES
31 homes in CA · 31 nationally · avg 2.6★
GENERATIONS HEALTHCARE
25 homes in CA · 33 nationally · avg 3.8★
LINKS HEALTHCARE GROUP
24 homes in CA · 31 nationally · avg 2.9★
COVENANT CARE
21 homes in CA · 24 nationally · avg 3★
WINDSOR
21 homes in CA · 21 nationally · avg 2.6★
GENESIS HEALTHCARE
18 homes in CA · 185 nationally · avg 2.4★

All suburbs in California

A

Alameda (5)Alhambra (5)Alta Loma (1)Alturas (1)Anaheim (14)Anderson (1)Antioch (2)Apple Valley (1)Arcadia (2)Arroyo Grande (1)Artesia (1)Arvin (1)Atascadero (1)Atwater (1)Auburn (5)Avalon (1)

B

Bakersfield (10)Baldwin Park (4)Banning (2)Barstow (2)Beaumont (2)Bell (1)Bell Gardens (3)Bellflower (4)Belmont (1)Berkeley (5)Big Bear Lake (1)Bishop (1)Blythe (1)Brawley (1)Brea (1)Buena Park (2)Burbank (2)Burlingame (1)

C

Camarillo (3)Campbell (3)Canoga Park (4)Capitola (1)Carlsbad (3)Carmichael (8)Castro Valley (5)Cedarville (1)Ceres (1)Chatsworth (2)Cherry Valley (1)Chester (1)Chico (5)Chino (1)Chowchilla (2)Chula Vista (3)Citrus Heights (1)City Of Industry (1)Claremont (3)Clearlake (1)Cloverdale (1)Clovis (2)Coalinga (1)Colton (2)Colusa (1)Compton (1)Concord (5)Corona (3)Coronado (1)Costa Mesa (3)Covina (5)Crescent City (1)Culver City (3)Cupertino (3)

D

Daly City (3)Dana Point (1)Danville (2)Davis (2)Delano (3)Dinuba (1)Downey (4)Duarte (5)

E

El Cajon (12)El Centro (1)El Cerrito (1)El Monte (11)El Sobrante (1)Elk Grove (1)Encinitas (3)Encino (1)Escondido (7)Eureka (3)

F

Fair Oaks (1)Fairfield (2)Fall River Mills (1)Fallbrook (1)Fillmore (1)Folsom (1)Fontana (2)Fort Bragg (1)Fortuna (1)Fountain Valley (1)Fowler (2)Fremont (7)Fresno (18)Fullerton (7)

G

Garberville (1)Garden Grove (6)Gardena (8)Gilroy (1)Glendale (13)Glendora (5)Granada Hills (4)Grand Terrace (1)Grass Valley (4)Greenbrae (2)Gridley (1)

H

Hanford (3)Hawthorne (3)Hayward (16)Healdsburg (1)Hemet (7)Highland (2)Hollister (1)Huntington Beach (3)Huntington Park (1)

I

Imperial (1)Indio (2)Inglewood (5)Irvine (1)

J

Jackson (1)Joshua Tree (1)Jurupa Valley (2)

K

King City (1)Kingsburg (1)

L

La Crescenta (1)La Habra (2)La Jolla (2)La Mesa (7)La Mirada (2)La Verne (1)Ladera Ranch (1)Laguna Hills (3)Lake Arrowhead (1)Lake Forest (2)Lake Isabella (1)Lake View Terrace (1)Lakeport (2)Lakeside (1)Lancaster (4)Lawndale (1)Lemon Grove (2)Lincoln (1)Lindsay (1)Live Oak (1)Livermore (3)Livingston (1)Lodi (5)Loma Linda (3)Lomita (2)Lompoc (2)Lone Pine (1)Long Beach (25)Los Alamitos (1)Los Altos (2)Los Angeles (77)Los Banos (2)Los Gatos (4)Lynwood (3)

M

Madera (2)Manteca (2)Mariposa (1)Martinez (2)Marysville (1)Maywood (1)Menlo Park (1)Mentone (1)Merced (6)Mill Valley (1)Millbrae (1)Milpitas (1)Mission Hills (2)Modesto (9)Monrovia (1)Montclair (2)Montebello (1)Monterey (4)Monterey Park (2)Montrose (2)Moraga (1)Moreno Valley (1)Morgan Hill (2)Morro Bay (1)Mountain View (3)Murrieta (2)

N

N Hollywood (1)Napa (5)National City (5)Newbury Park (1)Newhall (1)Newman (1)Newport Beach (3)North Hills (1)North Hollywood (7)North Sacramento (1)Northridge (1)Norwalk (7)Novato (1)

O

Oakdale (1)Oakhurst (1)Oakland (18)Oceanside (1)Ojai (2)Ontario (4)Orange (5)Orinda (1)Oroville (3)Oxnard (4)

P

Pacific Grove (3)Pacifica (2)Palm Desert (3)Palm Springs (4)Palo Alto (3)Panorama City (2)Paramount (3)Pasadena (13)Perris (1)Petaluma (5)Pico Rivera (4)Pittsburg (2)Placerville (3)Playa Del Rey (1)Pleasant Hill (2)Pleasanton (2)Pomona (9)Porterville (5)Portola (1)Portola Valley (1)Poway (3)

R

Rancho Cordova (1)Rancho Mirage (2)Red Bluff (2)Redding (8)Redlands (7)Redwood City (1)Reedley (3)Reseda (6)Rialto (1)Richmond (2)Ridgecrest (1)Ripon (1)Riverbank (1)Riverside (17)Rosemead (5)Roseville (4)

S

Sacramento (22)Salinas (5)San Andreas (1)San Bernardino (11)San Bruno (1)San Diego (21)San Dimas (2)San Francisco (17)San Gabriel (7)San Jacinto (1)San Jose (19)San Juan Capistrano (1)San Leandro (7)San Luis Obispo (3)San Marcos (1)San Mateo (2)San Pablo (3)San Pedro (3)San Rafael (7)Sanger (1)Santa Ana (8)Santa Barbara (7)Santa Clara (2)Santa Cruz (3)Santa Maria (4)Santa Monica (12)Santa Paula (1)Santa Rosa (7)Santee (2)Saratoga (3)Seal Beach (1)Sebastopol (1)Selma (2)Shafter (1)Sherman Oaks (2)Signal Hill (1)Simi Valley (1)Soledad (1)Solvang (1)Sonoma (3)Sonora (2)South Gate (1)South Lake Tahoe (1)South Pasadena (1)Spring Valley (3)Stanton (1)Stockton (14)Studio City (2)Sun City (1)Sun Valley (3)Sunland (3)Sunnyvale (4)Susanville (1)Sylmar (4)

T

Tarzana (1)Temecula (1)Temple City (3)Templeton (1)Thousand Oaks (3)Torrance (12)Tracy (2)Truckee (1)Tujunga (2)Tulare (3)Turlock (4)Tustin (1)

U

Ukiah (2)Union City (1)Upland (3)

V

Vacaville (2)Vallejo (3)Van Nuys (6)Ventura (3)Victorville (2)Visalia (6)Vista (3)

W

Walnut Creek (6)Watsonville (3)Weaverville (1)Weed (1)West Covina (5)West Hills (1)West Sacramento (1)Westminster (3)Whittier (7)Williams (1)Willits (1)Willows (1)Woodland (3)Woodland Hills (1)

Y

Yorba Linda (1)Yountville (1)Yuba City (3)Yucaipa (3)Yucca Valley (2)

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