With a population of 23,080 people, Columbia City, Indiana is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes in the city, which doesn't provide you with too many options to choose from. This place's nursing homes received a world class city grade of A-, so what this place lacks in quantity, it makes up for by having high quality nursing homes. By way of comparison, we gave the facilities in the nearby city of Elkhart a city grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Nevertheless, we found the nursing homes in Columbia City to be in a totally different league than the ones in Elkhart. On top of this, this city has the distinction of being one of the top three rated cities in the state of Indiana.
On top of having quality nursing homes on the whole, this city's nursing homes really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A+. Very few cities performed better in this category. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. The city performed extremely well in terms of its long-term care grade as well. Consequently, we awarded it an A in that area. Rounding out its impressive profile, we gave the city favorable grades in our nursing and short-term care categories as well.