Lafayette County, Missouri
County inventory for Lafayette County, Missouri 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 Lafayette County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 443 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Missouri cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet MO-LAFAYETTE-MISSOURI · Lafayette, MO
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-NONE · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 5 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 443 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.0★ avg
- HH-NONE 0 agencies
- RANK-HIGH #674/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Houston
- AL-MID $5,400/mo
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 NH · 0 HH
Photo-finish peer: Houston County, GA (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 Lafayette County
Lafayette County, Missouri sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 5 nursing homes and 443 licensed beds. Across 5 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 2.0/5 (1 at 4★+, 4 at 1–2★).
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Missouri medians: assisted living $5,400/mo, semi-private nursing $6,741/mo, private nursing $7,604/mo, home health aide $6,292/mo, adult day $2,058/mo. Local Lafayette providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts run softer here (2 at 1★, 2 at 2★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (60% of 5 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Lutheran Nursing Home. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Lafayette, MO
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 4★
- 2 2★
- 3 2★
- 4 1★
- 5 1★
Nursing Homes in Lafayette County
5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Nursing Home | Concordia | 4/5 | 113 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Meyer Care Center | Higginsville | 2/5 | 56 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Riverbend Heights Health & Rehabilitation | Lexington | 2/5 | 154 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Apple Ridge Care Center | Waverly | 1/5 | 60 | For profit - Corporation |
| Odessa Health Care Center | Odessa | 1/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Lafayette County, MO, both outside MO so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Missouri overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (5 here).
Continue on the Missouri elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Missouri 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 Lafayette County.