Dubuque County, Iowa
County inventory for Dubuque County, Iowa 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
3 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Dubuque County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 12 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Iowa medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet IA-DUBUQUE-IOWA · Dubuque, IA
NH-MID · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 12 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 933 beds
- STAR-MID 3.7★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #232/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Dutchess
- AL-MID $5,381/mo
- BOOK-FULL 12/12 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Dutchess County, NY (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 Dubuque County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Dubuque County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 12 nursing homes and 933 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.7/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Iowa medians: assisted living $5,381/mo, semi-private nursing $9,277/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $7,836/mo, adult day $1,614/mo. Local Dubuque providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts skew stronger here (4 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 2 at 4★, 5 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (50% of 12 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Accura Healthcare of Cascade LLC, Bethany Home, Ennoble Nursing and Rehab. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Dubuque, IA
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 5★
- 5 5★
Nursing Homes in Dubuque County
12 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accura Healthcare of Cascade LLC | Cascade | 5/5 | 46 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Bethany Home | Dubuque | 5/5 | 66 | For profit - Corporation |
| Ennoble Nursing and Rehab | Dubuque | 5/5 | 85 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| MercyOne Dyersville Senior Care | Dyersville | 5/5 | 40 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Mount Carmel Bluffs | Dubuque | 5/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Hawkeye Care Center Dubuque | Asbury | 4/5 | 80 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Stonehill Care Center | Dubuque | 4/5 | 185 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Sunnycrest Manor | Dubuque | 3/5 | 77 | Government - County |
| Dubuque Specialty Care | Dubuque | 2/5 | 84 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Grand Meadows Senior Living & Health Care | Asbury | 2/5 | 32 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Harmony Dubuque | Dubuque | 2/5 | 75 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Luther Manor at Hillcrest | Dubuque | 2/5 | 103 | Non profit - Other |
Home Health Agencies in Dubuque County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Unitypoint at Home | Dubuque | 4.0 |
| Open Arms Home Health Care, L L C | Dubuque | N/A |
| Universal Pediatrics | Dubuque | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Dubuque
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Dubuque County, IA, both outside IA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Iowa overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (12 here).
Continue on the Iowa elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Iowa 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 Dubuque County.