Cottonwood County, Minnesota
County inventory for Cottonwood 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. Nursing-home inventory signature
3 nursing homes place Cottonwood County mid-pack on nursing-home inventory (3–4 homes) - 143 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Minnesota cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet MN-COTTONWOOD-MINNESOTA · Cottonwood, MN
NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 3 homes
- BEDS-FEW 143 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-MID #1,070/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,573/mo
- BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (mid) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.
What a mid-pack nursing-home book shows for Cottonwood County
Cottonwood County, Minnesota is mid-pack on nursing-home inventory with 3 nursing homes and 143 licensed beds. Rated facilities average 3.0/5 (1 at 4★+, 1 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare maps 1 agency alongside that book.
CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians frame mid-pack counties like this: 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. Local Cottonwood County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts across Cottonwood County break as 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Lake. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Cottonwood, MN
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 4★
- 2 3★
- 3 2★
Nursing Homes in Cottonwood County
3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Society - Mountain Lake | Mountain Lake | 4/5 | 48 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Good Samaritan Society - Westbrook | Westbrook | 3/5 | 32 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Good Samaritan Society - Windom | Windom | 2/5 | 63 | Non profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Cottonwood County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Good Sam Society Home Care of SW Mn | Windom | 5.0 |
Read next beside this mid-pack Cottonwood book
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 Cottonwood County.