Pennington County, South Dakota
County inventory for Pennington County, South Dakota 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. Home-health agency signature
5 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Pennington County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 9 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 South Dakota medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet SD-PENNINGTON-SOUTH-DAKOTA · Pennington, SD
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 9 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 598 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.7★ avg
- HH-SMALL 5 HH
- RANK-HIGH #341/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Garland
- AL-LOW $4,900/mo
- BOOK-FULL 9/9 NH · 5/5 HH
Photo-finish peer: Garland County, AR (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Pennington County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Pennington County: 5 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 9 nursing homes and 598 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.7/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 South Dakota medians: assisted living $4,900/mo, semi-private nursing $9,444/mo, private nursing $10,190/mo, home health aide $8,437/mo. Local Pennington providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Pennington County break as 2 at 1★, 3 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 2 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (44% of 9 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Clarkson Health Care, Fountain Springs Healthcare, Westhills Village Health Care Facility. 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 Pennington, SD
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 4★
- 3 4★
- 4 3★
- 5 2★
Nursing Homes in Pennington County
9 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson Health Care | Rapid City | 5/5 | 51 | Non profit - Other |
| Fountain Springs Healthcare | Rapid City | 4/5 | 90 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Westhills Village Health Care Facility | Rapid City | 4/5 | 44 | Non profit - Other |
| Avantara Mountain View | Rapid City | 3/5 | 101 | For profit - Corporation |
| Avantara North | Rapid City | 2/5 | 68 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Good Samaritan Society - St Martin Village | Rapid City | 2/5 | 60 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Good Samaritan Society New Underwood | New Underwood | 2/5 | 41 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Avantara Arrowhead | Rapid City | 1/5 | 65 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Avantara Saint Cloud | Rapid City | 1/5 | 78 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Pennington County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Good Samaritan Soc-Home Health of the Black Hills | Rapid City | 5.0 |
| State Home Care Services, Inc | Rapid City | 4.0 |
| Westhills Village Home Health | Rapid City | 3.0 |
| Interim Healthcare | Rapid City | N/A |
| Signal Health Group West River | Rapid City | N/A |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Pennington County, SD, both outside SD so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the South Dakota overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (9 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (5 here).
Continue on the South Dakota elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are South Dakota 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 Pennington County.