Ohio 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 analyzed921 Government sourcesthe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Last updatedAugust 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.08

Ohio has 921 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

921active licensed nursing homes across 362 Ohio cities appear on the state's public file.
64%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 134 carry a D or F.
76.6is the statewide average records layer score across all graded nursing homes.
Hamiltonis the highest-scoring larger city (11 facilities, average score 89.8).
Cincinnatihas the most licensed nursing homes in the state (70).
81,070is the combined licensed capacity across 921 facilities reporting a capacity figure.

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed nursing homes921
Cities covered362
Statewide average records layer score76.6
Grade A facilities404 (43.9%)
Grade B facilities185 (20.1%)
Grade C facilities198 (21.5%)
Grade D facilities119 (12.9%)
Grade F facilities15 (1.6%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)921 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Combined licensed capacity81,070

How cities compare

Average records layer score by city (cities with 10+ facilities), against the statewide average of 76.6.

CityFacilitiesAvg scorevs state
Hamilton1189.8+13.2
Cincinnati7077.3+0.7
Cleveland1973.5-3.1
Akron1272.9-3.7
Dayton1972.7-3.9
Columbus3170.8-5.8
Youngstown1467.6-9
Springfield1167.5-9.1
Toledo1566.4-10.2

By city

Cincinnati (70)Columbus (31)Cleveland (19)Dayton (19)Toledo (15)Youngstown (14)Akron (12)Hamilton (11)Springfield (11)Canton (9)Westlake (7)Medina (7)Lima (7)Wooster (7)Parma (6)Mansfield (6)Mount Vernon (6)Massillon (6)Marion (6)Zanesville (6)Perrysburg (6)Middletown (5)Lancaster (5)Portsmouth (5)Kettering (5)Alliance (5)Delaware (5)Warren (5)Newark (5)Loveland (5)Dublin (5)Sylvania (5)Salem (5)Greenville (4)Aurora (4)Ashland (4)Avon (4)Steubenville (4)Cuyahoga Falls (4)Circleville (4)Sidney (4)Findlay (4)Lebanon (4)Dover (4)Fremont (4)Westerville (4)Oregon (4)Lorain (4)Chillicothe (4)Louisville (4)Tallmadge (4)Marietta (4)Mentor (4)St Clairsville (4)Middleburg Heights (4)Centerville (4)Stow (4)Sandusky (4)Maumee (4)Hilliard (4)Xenia (3)Beachwood (3)Englewood (3)Strongsville (3)New Philadelphia (3)St Marys (3)Painesville (3)Lakewood (3)Wadsworth (3)Ashtabula (3)Kent (3)North Olmsted (3)Washington Court Hou (3)Bowling Green (3)Fairfield (3)Tiffin (3)Norwalk (3)Milford (3)Brunswick (3)Euclid (3)Eaton (3)Fostoria (3)Marysville (3)Berea (3)Hillsboro (3)Millersburg (3)Miamisburg (3)Canal Winchester (3)North Ridgeville (3)Fairlawn (3)North Lima (3)Chardon (3)Fairborn (3)Boardman (3)Cambridge (3)Hudson (3)Mason (3)Geneva (3)Gahanna (3)Poland (3)Twinsburg (3)New Albany (3)Grove City (2)Mcconnelsville (2)Elyria (2)Napoleon (2)Greenfield (2)Worthington (2)Wilmington (2)Van Wert (2)Piqua (2)Troy (2)Shelby (2)Willoughby (2)Madison (2)Wauseon (2)Barberton (2)Willard (2)Galion (2)East Cleveland (2)Ravenna (2)Mayfield Heights (2)Urbana (2)Richfield (2)Celina (2)Defiance (2)Jackson (2)Wheelersburg (2)Oakwood Village (2)Delphos (2)Wellston (2)Piketon (2)Batavia (2)Upper Sandusky (2)Navarre (2)Canal Fulton (2)Woodsfield (2)Oberlin (2)North Canton (2)Blanchester (2)Masury (2)Rittman (2)Ironton (2)Lucasville (2)West Union (2)Bidwell (2)Franklin (2)Bellefontaine (2)Waterville (2)Bucyrus (2)Wintersville (2)Pickerington (2)Vermilion (2)Austintown (2)Broadview Heights (2)Minerva (2)Columbiana (2)Brook Park (2)Swanton (2)Copley (2)Beavercreek (2)Georgetown (2)Pataskala (2)Cortland (2)Bryan (2)Coshocton (2)Rocky River (2)Huron (2)Richmond Heights (2)Bowerston (2)Holland (2)Garfield Heights (2)Cridersville (2)Frankfort (2)West Chester (2)Lyndhurst (2)Orrville (2)Rockford (2)Bellevue (2)Bluffton (2)Olmsted Falls (2)Ottawa (2)Athens (2)Barnesville (2)Chagrin Falls (2)East Liverpool (2)Harrison (2)Belpre (2)Cleveland Heights (1)Green Springs (1)Parma Heights (1)North Randall (1)Wapakoneta (1)London (1)Bay Village (1)Kirtland (1)Girard (1)Williamsburg (1)Coldwater (1)Cadiz (1)Gallipolis (1)Monroe (1)West Liberty (1)Jamestown (1)Ripley (1)Wickliffe (1)North Baltimore (1)Kalida (1)Andover (1)Brookville (1)West Jefferson (1)Newcomerstown (1)North Royalton (1)Logan (1)Conneaut (1)Pomeroy (1)Beverly (1)Cheviot (1)Heath (1)Carroll (1)Covington (1)Port Clinton (1)Montpelier (1)Oak Harbor (1)Moraine (1)Maple Heights (1)Yellow Springs (1)Bridgeport (1)Minster (1)Edgerton (1)Pemberville (1)Sebring (1)New Lexington (1)Carrollton (1)Coolville (1)The Plains (1)Dalton (1)West Carrollton (1)Woodstock (1)Caldwell (1)South Point (1)Bellbrook (1)Huber Heights (1)Jefferson (1)New London (1)Genoa (1)Lakeview (1)Niles (1)Hicksville (1)Gibsonburg (1)Doylestown (1)Bellaire (1)Walton Hills (1)Streetsboro (1)Middleport (1)Clyde (1)Kingsville (1)Waverly (1)Spencerville (1)Sagamore Hills (1)Somerset (1)Whitehouse (1)Olmsted Twp (1)Sunbury (1)Saint Marys (1)Mineral Ridge (1)Chesterville (1)Kenton (1)Newton Falls (1)Avon Lake (1)Morrow (1)Tipp City (1)Arlington (1)West Lafayette (1)New Lebanon (1)Versailles (1)Fowler (1)Seaman (1)Adena (1)Amherst (1)Middlefield (1)Newbury (1)Union City (1)Waynesville (1)Calcutta (1)Crestline (1)Franklin Furnace (1)Bellville (1)Lexington (1)Shaker Heights (1)Hartville (1)Mount Gilead (1)Vandalia (1)Carlisle (1)Paulding (1)Hopedale (1)Milan (1)Lisbon (1)Austinburg (1)Burton (1)Mcdermott (1)New Carlisle (1)Somerville (1)Wellington (1)Huntsburg (1)Mcarthur (1)New Concord (1)Solon (1)Grand Rapids (1)Springboro (1)Struthers (1)Marengo (1)Saint Henry (1)Pleasantville (1)Bolivar (1)Whitehall (1)Coal Grove (1)Bethel (1)Leipsic (1)Baltic (1)Holgate (1)Howland (1)Uhrichsville (1)Brewster (1)Mayfield Village (1)Walnut Creek (1)Orwell (1)Northfield (1)Champion (1)Oxford (1)Shadyside (1)Amelia (1)Archbold (1)Germantown (1)Centerburg (1)Trotwood (1)Granville (1)Peninsula (1)Lakeside (1)Monclova (1)Thornville (1)Lagrange (1)New Middletown (1)East Palestine (1)Burbank (1)Maineville (1)Warrensville Heights (1)Brecksville (1)Reynoldsburg (1)Washingtn C H (1)Fairview Park (1)Highland Heights (1)Seven Hills (1)Ada (1)Concord (1)Macedonia (1)Canfield (1)Payne (1)Lewis Center (1)Johnstown (1)Brooklyn (1)Liberty Twp (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Lutheran Home Westlake · A

#2 Ohio Living Rockynol Akron · A

#3 Heritage Manor Jewish Hm For Youngstown · A

#4 Wilmington Nursing & Rehab Wilmington · A

#5 Vancrest Of St Mary'S St Marys · A

#6 Homestead II Painesville · A

#7 Vancrest Health Care Center Van Wert · A

#8 Piqua Manor Piqua · A

#9 Carington Park Ashtabula · A

#10 Altercare Post-Acute Rehab Center Kent · A

#11 Bridgeport Health Care Center Portsmouth · A

#12 Shelby Pointe Shelby · A

#13 Locust Ridge Healthcare LLC Williamsburg · A

#14 The Manor At Greendale Findlay · A

#15 Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Community Lebanon · A

#16 Maple Knoll Village Cincinnati · A

#17 Briar Hill Health Campus North Baltimore · A

#18 Westerwood Rehabilitation Columbus · A

#19 Pleasant View Health Care Center Barberton · A

#20 Meadows Of Kalida Kalida · A

#21 Andover Village Retirement Community Andover · A

#22 Sanctuary Wadsworth Wadsworth · A

#23 Beechwood Home For Incurables Cincinnati · A

#24 Pearlview Rehab & Wellness Ctr Brunswick · A

#25 Circleville Post-Acute Circleville · 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 Ohio

Nursing Homes in Ohio 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 Ohio?

Ohio has 921 active licensed nursing homes on the state's public file, across 362 cities, with a combined licensed capacity of 81,070. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Ohio city has the most nursing homes?

Cincinnati, with 70 licensed nursing homes, followed by Columbus (31) and Cleveland (19).

How are Ohio 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 Ohio 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). Ohio Nursing Home Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.08). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/nursing/oh

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

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