Catawba County, North Carolina
County inventory for Catawba 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
4 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Catawba County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 6 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet NC-CATAWBA-NORTH-CAROLINA · Catawba, NC
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-HIGH · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 6 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 742 beds
- STAR-HIGH 4.2★ avg
- HH-SMALL 4 HH
- RANK-HIGH #505/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Craighead
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 NH · 4/4 HH
Photo-finish peer: Craighead County, AR (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 Catawba County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Catawba County: 4 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 6 nursing homes and 742 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 4.2/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians: 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 Catawba providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts skew stronger here (2 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 3 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (50% of 6 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Abernathy Laurels, Trinity Ridge, Trinity Village. 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 Catawba, 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 5★
- 3 5★
- 4 4★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Catawba County
6 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abernathy Laurels | Newton | 5/5 | 174 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Trinity Ridge | Hickory | 5/5 | 120 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Trinity Village | Hickory | 5/5 | 104 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Conover Nursing And Rehabilitation Center | Conover | 4/5 | 90 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Greens at Hickory | Hickory | 3/5 | 150 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| The Greens at Viewmont | Hickory | 3/5 | 104 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Catawba County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Centerwell Home Health | Hickory | 4.0 |
| Gentiva Health Services | Hickory | 4.0 |
| Guardian Home Health | Hickory | 4.0 |
| Interim Healthcare of the Tria | Hickory | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Catawba
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Catawba County, NC, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the North Carolina overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (6 here).
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 Catawba County.