Dakota County, Minnesota
County inventory for Dakota 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. Home-health agency signature
5 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Dakota County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 9 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet MN-DAKOTA-MINNESOTA · Dakota, MN
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 9 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 847 beds
- STAR-MID 3.1★ avg
- HH-SMALL 5 HH
- RANK-HIGH #324/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Garland
- AL-MID $6,573/mo
- BOOK-FULL 9/9 NH · 5/5 HH
Photo-finish peer: Garland 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 Dakota County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Dakota County: 5 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 9 nursing homes and 847 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.1/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians: 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 Dakota providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Dakota County break as 1 at 1★, 3 at 2★, 2 at 3★, 3 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (67% of 9 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Apple Valley Village Health Care Center, Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation, Trinity Care Center. 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 Dakota, MN
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 3★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Dakota County
9 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Valley Village Health Care Center | Apple Valley | 5/5 | 162 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Augustana Care Hastings Health and Rehabilitation | Hastings | 5/5 | 72 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Trinity Care Center | Farmington | 5/5 | 80 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Ebenezer Ridges Geriatric Care Center | Burnsville | 3/5 | 114 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Southview Acres HealthCare Center | West Saint Paul | 3/5 | 200 | For profit - Corporation |
| Good Samaritan Society Inver Grove Heights | Inver Grove Heights | 2/5 | 46 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Regina Senior Living | Hastings | 2/5 | 57 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Walker Methodist Westwood Ridge II | West Saint Paul | 2/5 | 37 | Non profit - Other |
| Woodlyn Heights Healthcare Center | Inver Grove Heights | 1/5 | 79 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Dakota County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Spectrum Community Health Inc | Inver Grove Heights | 3.5 |
| Jb Kummer Enterprises LLC | Farmington | 2.0 |
| Alliance Health Services Inc | Eagan | N/A |
| In-Home Lab Connection Inc | Eagan | N/A |
| Omega Home Healthcare LLC | Eagan | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Dakota
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Dakota County, MN, both outside MN so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Minnesota overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (9 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (5 here).
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 Dakota County.