West Anaheim · 92804
More choice here than anywhere else in the city
West Anaheim holds 28 licensed care homes — more than any other part of Anaheim — with 713 licensed beds between them. 22 of them are six-bed board and care homes. That is a real advantage and a real problem, because the spread of quality out here is the widest in the city.
12,692
residents aged 65+
The largest older population of any Anaheim ZIP, about 15% of 92804.
5,406
of them are over 75
Which is why the licensed homes concentrated here.
1,219
already living in group quarters
The census category that includes care facilities — the highest in Anaheim.
Population figures from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates. Facility figures from the California Department of Social Services licensed register.
Why choice is not the same as a good outcome
In Anaheim Hills the constraint is supply: there are ten homes and you take what is open. Out here the constraint is judgement. Twenty-eight homes within a few square miles means there is almost always a room somewhere — and almost always a room in a house you would not want your mother in.
The homes on this side of the city range from genuinely excellent family-run houses that have held a licence for twenty years to places that opened last year and have no inspection history at all. Both look identical from the street and both will show you a clean front room.
So West Anaheim is the part of the city where an outside opinion is worth the most. Not because the homes are worse on average — they are not — but because the variance is higher, and variance is exactly what a family touring two places on a Saturday cannot see.
The larger end of 92804
6 licensed communities of more than six beds
- Anaheim Villa210 beds
- Anaheim Crown Plaza200 beds
- Karlton Residential Care Center76 beds
- The Cottages at Artesia Anaheim38 beds
- Family Choice Senior Living30 beds
- Ardent Care27 beds
The rest of West Anaheim's licensed care is 22 board and care homes, in houses, with no signage and no listings. Finding those is the part we are actually for.
Common questions
West Anaheim, answered
- How many care homes are there in West Anaheim?
- The state register lists 28 licensed residential care facilities in ZIP 92804, with 713 licensed beds between them. That is more licensed homes than any other part of Anaheim.
- Is West Anaheim a good area for a care home?
- It has the most choice in the city, which cuts both ways. The range of quality here is wider than anywhere else in Anaheim, so the area rewards knowing the individual houses and punishes picking from a list.
- Why do so many seniors in West Anaheim already live in care?
- Census figures show about 1,219 residents aged 65 and over in 92804 living in group quarters, the category that includes care facilities — the highest in the city. It reflects the concentration of licensed homes here rather than anything about the neighbourhood's health.
All 97 licensed homes in Anaheim are on our register, filterable by area. Or read about Anaheim Hills, where the problem is the exact opposite.
Twenty-eight homes, and you need the right four
We have been inside these houses. Tell us what she needs and we will tell you which ones we would show our own family, and which we would not.
Tell us who you are looking after
Four short questions. Nothing you answer is shared with a facility until you say so.
Prefer to talk now? (714) 975-9652, open every day until 6pm.