Beaufort County, North Carolina
County inventory for Beaufort County, North Carolina is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Beaufort County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet NC-BEAUFORT-NORTH-CAROLINA · Beaufort, NC
NH-ONE · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-WEAK · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 2 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 268 beds
- STAR-WEAK 1.5★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #1,402/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 2/2 HH
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Beaufort County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Beaufort County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 268 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 1.5/5 on rated homes.
With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians run assisted living $6,496/mo, semi-private nursing $9,733/mo, private nursing $10,798/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo, adult day $1,831/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.
Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★, 1 at 2★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Beaufort County
2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Living & Rehabilitation Center | Washington | 2/5 | 128 | For profit - Corporation |
| River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Washington | 1/5 | 140 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Beaufort County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Gentiva Health Services | Washington | 5.0 |
| Vidant Home Health and Hospice | Washington | 3.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Beaufort
Continue on the North Carolina elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are North Carolina state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Beaufort County.