Carteret County, North Carolina
County inventory for Carteret 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 Carteret County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet NC-CARTERET-NORTH-CAROLINA · Carteret, NC
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 3 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 260 beds
- STAR-MID 3.7★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #1,035/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 3/3 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 Carteret County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Carteret County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 3 nursing homes and 260 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.7/5 on rated homes.
CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians frame mid-pack counties like this: 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. Local Carteret County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts skew stronger here (2 at 3★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Carteret, NC
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 3★
- 3 3★
Nursing Homes in Carteret County
3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Bluffs Rehabilitation and Health Care Cent | Morehead City | 5/5 | 92 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Newport | 3/5 | 64 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Pruitthealth-Crystal Coast | Beaufort | 3/5 | 104 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Carteret County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Centerwell Home Health | Morehead City | 3.5 |
| Carteret Health Care Home Health and Hospice | Morehead City | 2.5 |
Read next for home-health-dense Carteret
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 Carteret County.