CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes South Dakota

Clay County, South Dakota

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County inventory for Clay County, South Dakota 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

CMS Home Health Compare maps no Medicare-certified home-health agencies into Clay County (lower tercile) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 South Dakota medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet SD-CLAY-SOUTH-DAKOTA · Clay, SD

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 162 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.7★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,059/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-LOW $4,900/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a thin home-health map shows for Clay County

Home-health coverage is thin in Clay County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 3 nursing homes and 162 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.7/5 on rated homes.

CareScout 2025 South Dakota medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $4,900/mo, semi-private nursing $9,444/mo, private nursing $10,190/mo, home health aide $8,437/mo. Local Clay County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Clay County break as 2 at 2★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans Non profit - Other (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Wakonda Heritage Manor. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

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2★
2
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4★
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5★
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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$4,900
Assisted Living / mo
$9,444
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,437
Home Care / mo
2.7
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Clay, SD

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

  1. 1
    Wakonda Heritage Manor
    4★
  2. 2
    Sanford Care Center Vermillion
    2★
  3. 3
    Sunset Manor Avera Health
    2★

Nursing Homes in Clay County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Wakonda Heritage Manor Wakonda 4/5 38 Non profit - Other
Sanford Care Center Vermillion Vermillion 2/5 66 Non profit - Corporation
Sunset Manor Avera Health Irene 2/5 58 Non profit - Other

Read next when home-health coverage is thin

Read CMS stars with Clay County's 2.7 average
Mid-pack context for Clay: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Clay County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Clay
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Clay County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the South Dakota elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are South Dakota 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 Clay County.