Forrest County, Mississippi
County inventory for Forrest County, Mississippi 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 Forrest County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 8 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Mississippi medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet MS-FORREST-MISSISSIPPI · Forrest, MS
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-HIGH · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 8 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 598 beds
- STAR-HIGH 4.5★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #376/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Montgomery
- AL-LOW $4,369/mo
- BOOK-FULL 8/8 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Montgomery County, AL (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 Forrest County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Forrest County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 8 nursing homes and 598 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 4.5/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Mississippi medians: assisted living $4,369/mo, semi-private nursing $9,581/mo, private nursing $9,885/mo, home health aide $4,576/mo, adult day $1,365/mo. Local Forrest providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts skew stronger here (4 at 4★, 4 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (38% of 8 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Bedford Care Center of Petal, Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit, Merit Health Wesley. 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 Forrest, MS
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 4★
Nursing Homes in Forrest County
8 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Care Center of Petal | Petal | 5/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit | Hattiesburg | 5/5 | 29 | Government - County |
| Merit Health Wesley | Hattiesburg | 5/5 | 25 | For profit - Corporation |
| Windham House of Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg | 5/5 | 60 | For profit - Individual |
| Bedford Alzheimer'S Care Center | Hattiesburg | 4/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Bedford Care Center of Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg | 4/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Bedford Care Ctr-Monroe Hall | Hattiesburg | 4/5 | 80 | For profit - Corporation |
| Hattiesburg Health & Rehab Center | Hattiesburg | 4/5 | 164 | For profit - Partnership |
Home Health Agencies in Forrest County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Enhabit Home Health & Hospice | Hattiesburg | 3.5 |
| Forrest General Home Care | Hattiesburg | 3.5 |
| Homechoice Health Services- Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg | 3.5 |
Read next for home-health-dense Forrest
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Forrest County, MS, both outside MS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Mississippi overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (8 here).
Continue on the Mississippi elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Mississippi 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 Forrest County.