With 17,347 people, Escanaba, Michigan is a small city. There are only 2 nursing homes there, which does not give you too many options. The nursing homes in this city received a world class city grade of A-. Even with only a couple of facilities, this is still quite an achievement. In fact, Escanaba is ranked number 169 on our list of the best cities to find nursing homes in the United States. This is impressive given that we assessed thousands of cities around the nation. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' nursing grades, which we will address in the next paragraph.
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, most of the nursing homes in Escanaba performed remarkably well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded its facilities a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing grades this high are a good sign for the levels of staffing at the facilities in a city. We also wanted to point out that some of its facilities received almost flawless health inspections the past few years. For this reason, we awarded the city an A- in this area. Wrapping up its straight A report card, Escanaba received elite grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas as well.