Mercer County, New Jersey
County inventory for Mercer County, New Jersey 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
16 nursing homes put Mercer County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 2,117 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 New Jersey cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet NJ-MERCER-NEW-JERSEY · Mercer, NJ
NH-MID · BEDS-MID · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 16 homes
- BEDS-MID 2,117 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.8★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-HIGH #170/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Tulare
- AL-HIGH $8,710/mo
- BOOK-FULL 16/16 NH · 1/1 HH
Photo-finish peer: Tulare County, CA (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 Mercer County
Mercer County, New Jersey sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 16 nursing homes and 2,117 licensed beds. Across 16 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 2.8/5 (6 at 4★+, 8 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare also maps 1 Medicare-certified agency into this county book.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 New Jersey medians: assisted living $8,710/mo, semi-private nursing $12,775/mo, private nursing $14,448/mo, home health aide $7,245/mo, adult day $2,167/mo. Local Mercer providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Mercer County break as 3 at 1★, 5 at 2★, 2 at 3★, 4 at 4★, 2 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (50% of 16 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Clover Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cente, Preferred Care at Mercer, Avant Rehabilitation and Care 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 Mercer, NJ
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 5★
- 3 4★
- 4 4★
- 5 4★
Nursing Homes in Mercer County
16 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cente | Lawrenceville | 5/5 | 100 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Preferred Care at Mercer | Ewing | 5/5 | 100 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Avant Rehabilitation and Care Center | Trenton | 4/5 | 149 | For profit - Individual |
| Carnegie Post Acute Care at Princeton LLC | Princeton | 4/5 | 180 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Complete Care at Mercerville LLC | Hamilton Township | 4/5 | 114 | For profit - Corporation |
| Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital | Lawrenceville | 4/5 | 56 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Preferred Care at Hamilton | Hamilton Square | 3/5 | 126 | For profit - Individual |
| Spring Hills Post Acute Hamilton | Hamilton | 3/5 | 55 | For profit - Corporation |
| Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | Hamilton | 2/5 | 180 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Belle Care Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Trenton | 2/5 | 106 | For profit - Corporation |
| Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged | Trenton | 2/5 | 137 | Non profit - Church related |
| Lawrence Rehab & Hcc/The Meadows at Lawrence | Lawrenceville | 2/5 | 180 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Meadow Lakes | East Windsor | 2/5 | 60 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Hamilton Grove Healthcare and Rehabilitation, LLC | Hamilton | 1/5 | 218 | For profit - Partnership |
| Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC | Trenton | 1/5 | 141 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Trenton Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | Trenton | 1/5 | 215 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Mercer County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Penn Medicine Home Health Princeton Health | Princeton | 3.5 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Mercer County, NJ, both outside NJ so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the New Jersey overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (16 here).
Continue on the New Jersey elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are New Jersey 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 Mercer County.