CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Iowa

Howard County, Iowa

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County inventory for Howard County, Iowa 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. Licensed-bed capacity signature

129 licensed beds keep Howard County in the lower licensed-bed tercile (≤131) across 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Iowa medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet IA-HOWARD-IOWA · Howard, IA

NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 129 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,148/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,381/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with licensed-bed capacity tercile (low) plus nursing-home count, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a smaller bed book shows for Howard County

Licensed capacity is thin in Howard County: 129 licensed beds across 3 nursing homes land in the lower bed tercile (≤131). CMS overall average on rated homes is 3.3/5. 1 home-health agency is mapped in.

CareScout 2025 Iowa medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,381/mo, semi-private nursing $9,277/mo, private nursing $10,038/mo, home health aide $7,836/mo, adult day $1,614/mo. Local Howard County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Howard County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Evans Senior Living Community, Colonial Manor of Elma. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
1
2★
0
3★
0
4★
1
5★
1

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

$5,381
Assisted Living / mo
$9,277
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,836
Home Care / mo
3.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Howard, IA

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

  1. 1
    Evans Senior Living Community
    5★
  2. 2
    Colonial Manor of Elma
    4★
  3. 3
    Accura Healthcare of Cresco
    1★

Nursing Homes in Howard County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Evans Senior Living Community Cresco 5/5 43 Non profit - Other
Colonial Manor of Elma Elma 4/5 40 For profit - Limited Liability company
Accura Healthcare of Cresco Cresco 1/5 46 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Howard County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Community Health Services Cresco 2.5

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Cost calculator for Howard County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Iowa elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Iowa 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 Howard County.