Hawaii County, Hawaii
County inventory for Hawaii County, Hawaii 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 Hawaii County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 7 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Hawaii medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet HI-HAWAII-HAWAII · Hawaii, HI
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 779 beds
- STAR-MID 3.4★ avg
- HH-SMALL 3 HH
- RANK-HIGH #441/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Pottawattamie
- AL-HIGH $12,096/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 3/3 HH
Photo-finish peer: Pottawattamie County, IA (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 Hawaii County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Hawaii County: 3 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 7 nursing homes and 779 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.4/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Hawaii medians: assisted living $12,096/mo, semi-private nursing $15,473/mo, private nursing $16,395/mo, home health aide $7,817/mo, adult day $2,551/mo. Local Hawaii providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Hawaii County break as 5 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans Government - State (43% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Honoka'a Hospital & Skilled Nursing, Hilo Benioff Medical 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 Hawaii, HI
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 4★
- 3 3★
- 4 3★
- 5 3★
Nursing Homes in Hawaii County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honoka'a Hospital & Skilled Nursing | Honokaa | 5/5 | 66 | Government - State |
| Hilo Benioff Medical Center | Hilo | 4/5 | 52 | Government - State |
| Hale Anuenue Restorative Care | Hilo | 3/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Legacy Hilo Rehabilitation & Nursing Center | Hilo | 3/5 | 100 | For profit - Corporation |
| Life Care Center of Hilo | Hilo | 3/5 | 252 | For profit - Corporation |
| Life Care Center of Kona | Kailua Kona | 3/5 | 94 | For profit - Corporation |
| Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home | Hilo | 3/5 | 95 | Government - State |
Home Health Agencies in Hawaii County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Bayada Home Health Care | Hilo | 4.0 |
| Kohala Home Health Care of North Hi Comm Hosp | Kamuela | 1.5 |
| Kaiser Permanente Care at Home, Big Island Home Health | Kailua Kona | N/A |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Hawaii County, HI, both outside HI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Hawaii overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (7 here).
Continue on the Hawaii elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Hawaii 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 Hawaii County.