Gaston County, North Carolina
County inventory for Gaston County, North Carolina 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 Gaston County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 10 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet NC-GASTON-NORTH-CAROLINA · Gaston, NC
NH-MID · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 10 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 934 beds
- STAR-MID 3.1★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #289/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Vigo
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Vigo County, IN (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 Gaston County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Gaston County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 10 nursing homes and 934 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.1/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians: assisted living $6,496/mo, semi-private nursing $9,733/mo, private nursing $10,798/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo, adult day $1,831/mo. Local Gaston providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Gaston County break as 1 at 1★, 4 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 3 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (60% of 10 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Courtland Terrace, Peak Resources - Gastonia, Peak Resources-Cherryville. 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 Gaston, NC
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 4★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Gaston County
10 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtland Terrace | Gastonia | 5/5 | 77 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Peak Resources - Gastonia | Gastonia | 5/5 | 104 | For profit - Corporation |
| Peak Resources-Cherryville | Cherryville | 5/5 | 70 | For profit - Corporation |
| Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation | Cherryville | 4/5 | 107 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Juniper Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitat | Gastonia | 3/5 | 50 | For profit - Corporation |
| Accordius Health at Gastonia | Gastonia | 2/5 | 118 | For profit - Corporation |
| Belaire Health Care Center | Gastonia | 2/5 | 80 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Gastonia Health & Rehab Center | Gastonia | 2/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Stanley Total Living Center | Stanley | 2/5 | 106 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Greens at Gastonia | Gastonia | 1/5 | 162 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Gaston County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Adoration Home Health | Gastonia | 4.0 |
| Amedisys Home Health Care | Gastonia | 4.0 |
| Bayada Home Health Care Inc | Gastonia | 4.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Gaston
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Gaston County, NC, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the North Carolina overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (10 here).
Continue on the North Carolina elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are North Carolina 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 Gaston County.