With 90,282 people, Lynn, Massachusetts is an average size city. Surprisingly, there are just 3 nursing homes there, which is not quite as many as we expected in a city of this size. We gave the nursing homes in this city a phenomenal city grade of A. Even with just a few facilities, this is still quite an accomplishment. In fact, this is ranked number 50 on our list of the best cities for nursing homes in the United States. This is impressive given that we ranked thousands of cities around the country. Headlining this city's remarkable profile is its long-term care grade, which is addressed in the next section.
On top of having excellent nursing homes overall, this place really excelled in the area of long-term care where the city earned a grade of A. Few cities fared this well in this category. For residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition, the city also performed extremely well in our inspection category, where it earned a grade of A for that area. Rounding out its straight A profile, we awarded the city a grade of A in our short-term care category and an A- in the area of nursing.