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Nursing homes in California
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As of the CMS Care Compare September 2026 release, 1,165 Medicare- and/or Medicaid-certified nursing homes have an address in California. 1,153 have a CMS overall star rating, and 510 are rated 4 stars or higher. 270 share the highest rating here, 5 stars, including Acc Care Center, Advanced Health Care of Sacramento and Adventist Health Sonora - D/p SNF (first three alphabetically). They are listed across 344 cities.
How this list is ordered: by the CMS overall star rating, highest first; ties alphabetical; nursing homes without a rating last (no rating is not a bad rating). Nothing else changes the order, and no nursing home can pay us. This page has no ads, sponsors or partner links. Methodology · Ownership disclosure
Largest cities
All cities with 3 or more nursing homes (138)
- Alameda
- Alhambra
- Anaheim
- Auburn
- Bakersfield
- Baldwin Park
- Bell Gardens
- Bellflower
- Berkeley
- Camarillo
- Campbell
- Canoga Park
- Carlsbad
- Carmichael
- Castro Valley
- Chico
- Chula Vista
- Claremont
- Concord
- Corona
- Costa Mesa
- Covina
- Culver City
- Cupertino
- Daly City
- Delano
- Downey
- Duarte
- El Cajon
- El Monte
- Encinitas
- Escondido
- Eureka
- Fairfield
- Fremont
- Fresno
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Gardena
- Glendale
- Glendora
- Granada Hills
- Grass Valley
- Hanford
- Hawthorne
- Hayward
- Hemet
- Huntington Beach
- Inglewood
- La Mesa
- Laguna Hills
- Lancaster
- Livermore
- Lodi
- Loma Linda
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Los Gatos
- Lynwood
- Merced
- Modesto
- Monterey
- Mountain View
- Napa
- National City
- Newport Beach
- North Hollywood
- Norwalk
- Oakland
- Ontario
- Orange
- Oroville
- Oxnard
- Pacific Grove
- Palm Desert
- Palm Springs
- Palo Alto
- Paramount
- Pasadena
- Petaluma
- Pico Rivera
- Placerville
- Pomona
- Porterville
- Poway
- Redding
- Redlands
- Reedley
- Reseda
- Riverside
- Rosemead
- Roseville
- Sacramento
- Salinas
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Gabriel
- San Jose
- San Leandro
- San Luis Obispo
- San Pablo
- San Pedro
- San Rafael
- Santa Ana
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Maria
- Santa Monica
- Santa Rosa
- Saratoga
- Sonoma
- Spring Valley
- Stockton
- Sun Valley
- Sunland
- Sunnyvale
- Sylmar
- Temple City
- Thousand Oaks
- Torrance
- Tulare
- Turlock
- Upland
- Vallejo
- Van Nuys
- Ventura
- Victorville
- Visalia
- Vista
- Walnut Creek
- Watsonville
- West Covina
- Westminster
- Whittier
- Woodland
- Yuba City
- Yucaipa
Nursing homes in smaller cities (269)
Related
- Medicare home health agencies in California
- Hospices in California
- How nursing home care works and who pays
- California city index (JSON)
Quick facts: 1,165 Medicare- and/or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in California across 344 cities; 1,153 have a CMS overall star rating (CMS Care Compare, September 2026); ranked only by CMS stars, never paid.