With a population of 91,595 people, Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a moderately populated city. Surprisingly, there are only 4 nursing homes there, which is fewer than we expected in a city of this size. With a city grade of B, this city's nursing homes proved to be good options. We found this city grade is considerably better than the city grade of C received by the nearby city of Durham. While that isn't a terrible grade, Chapel Hill certainly appears to be a better bet. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing homes' inspection grades, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
On top of having quality nursing homes on the whole, 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. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Chapel Hill earned a B in our long-term care category. In our final two categories, we gave the city slightly below average grades for our short-term care and nursing areas.