CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Minnesota

Carlton County, Minnesota

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County inventory for Carlton County, Minnesota 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 Carlton County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet MN-CARLTON-MINNESOTA · Carlton, MN

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 156 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 4.5★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,448/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,573/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 Carlton County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Carlton County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 156 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 4.5/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians run assisted living $6,573/mo, semi-private nursing $10,646/mo, private nursing $13,870/mo, home health aide $8,389/mo, adult day $2,600/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 4★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Church related (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Interfaith Care Center, Moose Lake Village. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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

$6,573
Assisted Living / mo
$10,646
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,389
Home Care / mo
4.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Carlton County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Interfaith Care Center Carlton 5/5 96 Non profit - Church related
Moose Lake Village Moose Lake 4/5 60 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Carlton County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Essentia Health Moose Lake Home Care Moose Lake 3.0
Senior Friend Home Care Cloquet N/A

Read next for home-health-dense Carlton

Decode Five-Star for Carlton County homes
Thin-book context for Carlton: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 2 Carlton County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Carlton AL medians run high
Home-health-dense path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Carlton County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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