Brown County, South Dakota
County inventory for Brown County, South Dakota 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. Nursing-home inventory signature
5 nursing homes put Brown County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 381 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 South Dakota cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet SD-BROWN-SOUTH-DAKOTA · Brown, SD
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 5 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 381 beds
- STAR-MID 3.2★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-HIGH #610/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Marshall
- AL-LOW $4,900/mo
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 NH · 1/1 HH
Photo-finish peer: Marshall County, AL (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (high) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.
What a dense nursing-home book shows for Brown County
Brown County, South Dakota sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 5 nursing homes and 381 licensed beds. Across 5 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 3.2/5 (2 at 4★+, 2 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare also maps 1 Medicare-certified agency into this county book.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 South Dakota medians: assisted living $4,900/mo, semi-private nursing $9,444/mo, private nursing $10,190/mo, home health aide $8,437/mo. Local Brown providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Brown County break as 2 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (60% of 5 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Prairie Heights Healthcare, Bethesda Home of Aberdeen. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Brown, SD
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 4★
- 3 3★
- 4 2★
- 5 2★
Nursing Homes in Brown County
5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Heights Healthcare | Aberdeen | 5/5 | 99 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Bethesda Home of Aberdeen | Aberdeen | 4/5 | 86 | Non profit - Church related |
| Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community | Aberdeen | 3/5 | 81 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Aberdeen Health and Rehab | Aberdeen | 2/5 | 78 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Avantara Groton | Groton | 2/5 | 37 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Brown County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Avera @ Home | Aberdeen | 4.5 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Brown County, SD, both outside SD so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the South Dakota overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (5 here).
Continue on the South Dakota elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are South Dakota 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 Brown County.