Lucas County, Iowa
County inventory for Lucas 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. Nursing-home inventory signature
1 nursing home keep Lucas County in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile (≤2 homes) - 60 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Iowa cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet IA-LUCAS-IOWA · Lucas, IA
NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 1 home
- BEDS-FEW 60 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-TAIL #2,486/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $5,381/mo
- BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 1/1 HH
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (low) 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 thin nursing-home book shows for Lucas County
Lucas County, Iowa sits in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile with 1 nursing home and 60 licensed beds - a thinner CMS book than most U.S. counties. Rated facility averages 3.0/5 (0 at 4★+, 0 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare still maps 1 agency here.
With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Iowa medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.
Star counts across Lucas County break as 1 at 3★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 1 homes). 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.
Nursing Homes in Lucas County
1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chariton Specialty Care | Chariton | 3/5 | 60 | Non profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Lucas County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Elara Caring | Chariton | 3.0 |
Read next for a thin Lucas inventory
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 Lucas County.