Owensboro, Kentucky is a medium size city with 81,349 people. The city has 6 nursing homes, which is a reasonable number for a city of this size. Impressively, this city's nursing homes received a world class city grade of A-. We were so impressed with this city that we ranked it as one of the top 500 cities in the country. This is impressive given that we ranked thousands of cities around the nation. Lastly, this city's category grades were just as strong as its city grade. You can find more information about these in the next section.
On top of having quality nursing homes overall, this city's nursing homes really excelled in the category of inspections, where we gave it an A. Not many cities fared this well in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. In addition, we also wanted to point out that we awarded the city a grade of A- for our long-term care category. Rounding out its straight A profile, this place earned very strong grades for our nursing and short-term care areas as well.