CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Iowa

Calhoun County, Iowa

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County inventory for Calhoun County, Iowa 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Calhoun County average 2.3 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes - 118 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Iowa medians.

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Sheet IA-CALHOUN-IOWA · Calhoun, IA

NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-LOW · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 118 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.3★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,030/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,381/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What weaker CMS stars show for Calhoun County

CMS star quality runs softer in Calhoun County: rated homes average 2.3/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes and 118 licensed beds.

CareScout 2025 Iowa medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,381/mo, semi-private nursing $9,277/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $7,836/mo, adult day $1,614/mo. Local Calhoun County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★, 2 at 3★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (33% of 3 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,381
Assisted Living / mo
$9,277
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,836
Home Care / mo
2.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Calhoun, IA

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Accura Healthcare of Pomeroy, LLC
    3★
  2. 2
    Good Samaritan Society - Manson
    3★
  3. 3
    Accura Healthcare of Lake City, LLC
    1★

Nursing Homes in Calhoun County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Accura Healthcare of Pomeroy, LLC Pomeroy 3/5 30 For profit - Limited Liability company
Good Samaritan Society - Manson Manson 3/5 42 Non profit - Corporation
Accura Healthcare of Lake City, LLC Lake City 1/5 46 For profit - Corporation

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Calhoun County's 2.3 average
Mid-pack context for Calhoun: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Calhoun County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Calhoun
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Calhoun County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Iowa elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Iowa 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 Calhoun County.