CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes North Carolina

Orange County, North Carolina

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County inventory for Orange 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Orange County average 3.7 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 3 nursing homes - 218 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians.

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Sheet NC-ORANGE-NORTH-CAROLINA · Orange, NC

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 218 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.7★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,253/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,496/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Orange County

CMS star quality is the standout for Orange County: rated homes average 3.7/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 3 nursing homes and 218 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians frame mid-pack counties like this: 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 Orange County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts skew stronger here (2 at 3★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Carol Woods. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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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
3.7
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Orange, 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
    Carol Woods
    5★
  2. 2
    Peak Resources - Brookshire, Inc
    3★
  3. 3
    Signature Healthcare of Chapel Hill
    3★

Nursing Homes in Orange County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Carol Woods Chapel Hill 5/5 30 Non profit - Corporation
Peak Resources - Brookshire, Inc Hillsborough 3/5 80 For profit - Corporation
Signature Healthcare of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 3/5 108 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Orange County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Unc Home Health Chapel Hill 3.0

Read next for stronger-star Orange

Decode Five-Star for Orange County homes
Mid-pack context for Orange: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 3 Orange County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Orange AL medians run high
Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Orange County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Orange County.