Cherokee County, North Carolina
County inventory for Cherokee 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. CMS star-quality signature
Rated homes in Cherokee County average 2.5 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes - 210 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians.
County care plate
Sheet NC-CHEROKEE-NORTH-CAROLINA · Cherokee, NC
NH-ONE · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 2 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 210 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.5★ avg
- HH-NONE 0 agencies
- RANK-MID #1,464/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 2/2 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 Cherokee County
CMS star quality runs softer in Cherokee County: rated homes average 2.5/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 2 nursing homes and 210 licensed beds.
With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.
Star counts run softer here (1 at 2★, 1 at 3★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (50% of 2 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Cherokee County
2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Rehabilitation & Nursing | Murphy | 3/5 | 134 | For profit - Corporation |
| Valley View Care and Rehabilitation | Andrews | 2/5 | 76 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Read next when stars run softer
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 Cherokee County.