Schenectady County, New York
County inventory for Schenectady County, New York 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 Schenectady County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 974 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 New York cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet NY-SCHENECTADY-NEW-YORK · Schenectady, NY
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 5 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 974 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-NONE 0 agencies
- RANK-MID #718/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Houston
- AL-MID $7,110/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 Schenectady County
Schenectady County, New York sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 5 nursing homes and 974 licensed beds. Across 5 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 3.0/5 (3 at 4★+, 2 at 1–2★).
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 New York medians: assisted living $7,110/mo, semi-private nursing $15,528/mo, private nursing $16,729/mo, home health aide $6,673/mo, adult day $3,120/mo. Local Schenectady providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Schenectady County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 3 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Individual (40% of 5 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Glendale Home-Schdy Cnty Dept Social Services, Kingsway Arms Nursing Center Inc, Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation 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 Schenectady, NY
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 4★
- 3 4★
- 4 2★
- 5 1★
Nursing Homes in Schenectady County
5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Home-Schdy Cnty Dept Social Services | Scotia | 4/5 | 200 | Government - County |
| Kingsway Arms Nursing Center Inc | Schenectady | 4/5 | 160 | For profit - Individual |
| Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Niskayuna | 4/5 | 112 | For profit - Individual |
| Schenectady Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | Schenectady | 2/5 | 240 | For profit - Corporation |
| Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Scotia | 1/5 | 262 | Non profit - Corporation |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Schenectady County, NY, both outside NY so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the New York overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (5 here).
Continue on the New York elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are New York 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 Schenectady County.