Dakota County, Nebraska
County inventory for Dakota County, Nebraska 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 Dakota County (lower tercile) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Nebraska medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet NE-DAKOTA-NEBRASKA · Dakota, NE
NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 3 homes
- BEDS-FEW 187 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-NONE 0 agencies
- RANK-MID #1,079/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,350/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 Dakota County
Home-health coverage is thin in Dakota County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 3 nursing homes and 187 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
CareScout 2025 Nebraska medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $6,350/mo, semi-private nursing $8,377/mo, private nursing $9,216/mo, home health aide $6,864/mo, adult day $3,521/mo. Local Dakota County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts across Dakota County break as 1 at 1★, 2 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Individual (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Continental Springs, LLC, Heritage of Emerson. 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, NE
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 4★
- 3 1★
Nursing Homes in Dakota County
3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Springs, LLC | South Sioux City | 4/5 | 77 | For profit - Individual |
| Heritage of Emerson | Emerson | 4/5 | 38 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Palm at Regency Square | South Sioux City | 1/5 | 72 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Read next when home-health coverage is thin
Continue on the Nebraska elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Nebraska 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.