CMS Care Compare · 2026 5 nursing homes North Carolina

Haywood County, North Carolina

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County inventory for Haywood 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. Nursing-home inventory signature

5 nursing homes put Haywood County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 475 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 North Carolina cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.

County care plate

Sheet NC-HAYWOOD-NORTH-CAROLINA · Haywood, NC

NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 5 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 475 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.2★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-HIGH #652/2,851
  • PHOTO-TIE Marshall
  • AL-MID $6,496/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 NH · 1/1 HH

Photo-finish peer: Marshall County, AL (0 NH count).

Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (high) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.

What a dense nursing-home book shows for Haywood County

Haywood County, North Carolina sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 5 nursing homes and 475 licensed beds. Across 5 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 2.2/5 (1 at 4★+, 3 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare also maps 1 Medicare-certified agency into this county book.

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 Haywood providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.

Star counts run softer here (2 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (60% of 5 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,496
Assisted Living / mo
$9,733
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,720
Home Care / mo
2.2
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Haywood, NC

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1 4★
  2. 2 3★
  3. 3 2★
  4. 4 1★
  5. 5 1★

Nursing Homes in Haywood County

5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Smoky Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center Waynesville 4/5 50 For profit - Corporation
Skyland Terrace and Rehabilitation Waynesville 3/5 90 For profit - Corporation
Silver Bluff Canton 2/5 131 For profit - Corporation
Autumn Care of Waynesville Waynesville 1/5 90 For profit - Limited Liability company
Maggie Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Maggie Valley 1/5 114 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Haywood County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Home Care Services of Haywood Regional Medical Center Waynesville 3.5

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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories

Two CMS peer sets for Haywood 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 (5 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).