There are 12 nursing homes in Torrance, California, servicing a population of 174,353 people. We gave this city a city grade of B based on the quality of its nursing homes. This is as good or better than the city grade of the average city in the United States. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile was its nursing homes' nursing grades. Nursing is discussed in the next paragraph.
To go along with its strong overall grade, Torrance also earned a grade of B+ in the area of nursing. Cities with these kinds of nursing ratings typically have plenty of nursing homes offering high levels of staffing. In addition, Torrance also received favorable government inspections in recent years. As a result, we awarded them one of our higher scores in this area, with a B+. Wrapping up its quality report card, Torrance earned a B+ in our short-term care category and a B in the area of long-term care. We found Torrance to be very strong in each category we assessed.