New Jersey Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated August 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 Facilities analyzed348 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedAugust 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.08

New Jersey has 348 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Nursing Home Compare data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

348active licensed nursing homes across 191 New Jersey cities appear on the state's public file.
69%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 40 carry a D or F.
78.7is the statewide average records layer score across all graded nursing homes.
Toms Riverhas the most licensed nursing homes in the state (9).
50,981is the combined licensed capacity across 348 facilities reporting a capacity figure.

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed nursing homes348
Cities covered191
Statewide average records layer score78.7
Grade A facilities169 (48.6%)
Grade B facilities71 (20.4%)
Grade C facilities68 (19.5%)
Grade D facilities35 (10.1%)
Grade F facilities5 (1.4%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)348 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Combined licensed capacity50,981

By city

Toms River (9)Wayne (8)Voorhees (7)Cherry Hill (6)Edison (6)West Orange (5)Cedar Grove (5)Jersey City (5)Lakewood (5)Trenton (5)Freehold (5)Newark (5)Elizabeth (4)Paramus (4)Wall (4)Moorestown (4)Bridgewater (4)Newton (4)East Orange (4)Brick (4)Whiting (4)Old Bridge (4)Burlington (3)Neptune (3)Paterson (3)Plainfield (3)North Bergen (3)Lawrenceville (3)Vineland (3)Hackensack (3)Morristown (3)Cape May Court House (3)Phillipsburg (3)Galloway Township (3)Hamilton (3)Sewell (3)Somerset (3)Monroe Township (3)Livingston (3)New Providence (2)Berkeley Heights (2)Matawan (2)Dover (2)Teaneck (2)Lincoln Park (2)Bridgeton (2)Passaic (2)Cranford (2)Holmdel (2)Hazlet (2)Bayville (2)Medford (2)Rahway (2)Ridgewood (2)Eatontown (2)Perth Amboy (2)Kearny (2)Camden (2)Manahawkin (2)Little Egg Harbor Tw (2)Haskell (2)Mountainside (2)West Caldwell (2)Red Bank (2)Union City (2)Englewood (2)North Cape May (2)Orange (2)Montclair (2)Florham Park (2)Tinton Falls (2)Marlton (2)Hillsborough (2)Plainsboro (1)Bound Brook (1)Stratford (1)Pittsgrove (1)Clifton (1)East Windsor (1)Lafayette (1)Cinnaminson (1)Madison (1)Pleasantville (1)Succasunna (1)Salem (1)Scotch Plains (1)Hackettstown (1)Atlantic Highlands (1)Hamilton Township (1)Union (1)Neptune City (1)Hamilton Square (1)Chatham (1)Westfield (1)Lumberton (1)Woodcliff Lake (1)Pt Pleasant (1)Shrewsbury (1)Parsippany (1)Raritan (1)Green Brook (1)Mendham (1)Blackwood (1)Tenafly (1)Oakland (1)Deptford (1)Ocean View (1)Linwood (1)Manchester (1)Linden (1)Hammonton (1)South Plainfield (1)Barnegat (1)Blairstown (1)Pennsauken (1)Flemington (1)Carneys Point (1)Millville (1)Absecon (1)West Deptford (1)Williamstown (1)Pemberton (1)Maple Shade (1)Penns Grove (1)West Milford (1)Manalapan (1)Vauxhall (1)Long Branch (1)Jackson (1)Norwood (1)Atco (1)Lebanon (1)Oxford (1)New Milford (1)Cresskill (1)Atlantic City (1)Woodbridge (1)Fairlawn (1)Denville (1)Watchung (1)Oradell (1)Clark (1)Bloomingdale (1)Basking Ridge (1)Northfield (1)Irvington (1)Emerson (1)Monmouth Junction (1)Ocean Grove (1)Westwood (1)Princeton (1)Lincroft (1)Wyckoff (1)New Brunswick (1)Maywood (1)Bloomfield (1)Ocean City (1)Allenwood (1)Collingswood (1)Clarksboro (1)Pitman (1)Columbia (1)Pittstown (1)Keansburg (1)Park Ridge (1)Riverton (1)Cranbury (1)Berlin (1)Califon (1)Parsippany Troy Hill (1)Caldwell (1)East Brunswick (1)Rockleigh (1)Secaucus (1)Skillman (1)Ewing (1)Pompton Plains (1)Boonton (1)Rochelle Park (1)Allendale (1)Whippany (1)Hoboken (1)Egg Harbor Township (1)South Amboy (1)Woodbury (1)Piscataway (1)Mount Laurel (1)Maplewood (1)East Hanover (1)North Haledon (1)Bayonne (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Laurel Manor Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Stratford · A

#2 Elmora Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center Elizabeth · A

#3 Complete Care At Madison, LLC Matawan · A

#4 Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Paramus · A

#5 Pine Acres Rehabilitation And Healthcare Madison · A

#6 Merry Heart Nursing Home Succasunna · A

#7 Tower Lodge Care Center Wall · A

#8 Heath Village Hackettstown · A

#9 Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care At Evergreens Moorestown · A

#10 Acclaim Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Jersey City · A

#11 Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Cranford · A

#12 Careone At Holmdel Holmdel · A

#13 Doctors Subacute Healthcare, LLC Paterson · A

#14 Complete Care At Plainfield LLC Plainfield · A

#15 Hudsonview Health Care Center North Bergen · A

#16 Clover Meadows Healthcare And Rehabilitation Cente Lawrenceville · A

#17 Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center Woodcliff Lake · A

#18 Complete Care At Barn Hill Newton · A

#19 Waterfront Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center Raritan · A

#20 Medford Leas Medford · A

#21 Care Connection Rahway Rahway · A

#22 Leisure Chateau Rehabilitation Lakewood · A

#23 Fountain Springs At Cape May Nursing & Rehab Cente Cape May Court House · A

#24 Complete Care At St Vincents LLC Cedar Grove · A

#25 Aristacare At Norwood Terrace Plainfield · A

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About nursing home licensing in New Jersey

Nursing Homes in New Jersey are overseen by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Nursing Home Compare data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many nursing homes are there in New Jersey?

New Jersey has 348 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file, across 191 cities, with a combined licensed capacity of 50,981. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which New Jersey city has the most nursing homes?

Toms River, with 9 licensed nursing homes, followed by Wayne (8) and Voorhees (7).

How are New Jersey nursing home grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Nursing Home Compare data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every nursing home in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever New Jersey republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of August 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: August 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). New Jersey Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.08). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/nursing/nj

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “New Jersey Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.08, August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/nj.

Plain, New Jersey Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.08, updated August 2026, zreports.org/rankings/nursing/nj

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