Buffalo County, Nebraska
County inventory for Buffalo County, Nebraska 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 Buffalo County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 5 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Nebraska medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet NE-BUFFALO-NEBRASKA · Buffalo, NE
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 5 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 303 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-HIGH #613/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Calhoun
- AL-MID $6,350/mo
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Calhoun County, AL (0 NH count).
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 Buffalo County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Buffalo County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 5 nursing homes and 303 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Nebraska medians: assisted living $6,350/mo, semi-private nursing $8,377/mo, private nursing $9,216/mo, home health aide $6,864/mo, adult day $3,521/mo. Local Buffalo providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Buffalo County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (80% of 5 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Mt Carmel Home - Keens Memorial, Brookestone Gardens. 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 Buffalo, NE
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 1★
Nursing Homes in Buffalo County
5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Carmel Home - Keens Memorial | Kearney | 5/5 | 75 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Brookestone Gardens | Kearney | 4/5 | 54 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Mother Hull Home | Kearney | 3/5 | 58 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Good Samaritan Society - St John's | Kearney | 2/5 | 56 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Good Samaritan Society - St Luke's Village | Kearney | 1/5 | 60 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Buffalo County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Evangelical Lutheran Gss Home Care of Central Nebraska | Kearney | 4.5 |
| Brookestone Home Health & Hospice | Kearney | 3.0 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Buffalo County, NE, both outside NE so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Nebraska overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (5 here).
Continue on the Nebraska elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Nebraska 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 Buffalo County.