Etowah County, Alabama
County inventory for Etowah County, Alabama 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 Etowah County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 6 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Alabama medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet AL-ETOWAH-ALABAMA · Etowah, AL
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 6 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 848 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #519/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Buchanan
- AL-LOW $4,425/mo
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Buchanan County, MO (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 Etowah County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Etowah County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 6 nursing homes and 848 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Alabama medians: assisted living $4,425/mo, semi-private nursing $8,334/mo, private nursing $8,787/mo, home health aide $5,148/mo, adult day $1,246/mo. Local Etowah providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Etowah County break as 1 at 2★, 4 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (83% of 6 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation 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 Etowah, AL
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 3★
- 4 3★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Etowah County
6 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center | Gadsden | 4/5 | 209 | For profit - Corporation |
| Altoona Health & Rehab | Altoona | 3/5 | 50 | For profit - Corporation |
| Coosa Valley Health and Rehab | Glencoe | 3/5 | 124 | For profit - Corporation |
| Gadsden Health and Rehab Center | Gadsden | 3/5 | 168 | For profit - Individual |
| Northside Health Care | Gadsden | 3/5 | 115 | For profit - Corporation |
| Attalla Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | Attalla | 2/5 | 182 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Etowah County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Centerwell Home Health | Rainbow City | 4.5 |
| Alabama Homecare of Gadsden | Gadsden | 4.0 |
| Aveanna Home Health | Gadsden | 4.0 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Etowah County, AL, both outside AL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Alabama overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (6 here).
Continue on the Alabama elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Alabama 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 Etowah County.