CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Indiana

Spencer County, Indiana

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County inventory for Spencer County, Indiana 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 Spencer County average 2.3 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes - 162 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Indiana medians.

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Sheet IN-SPENCER-INDIANA · Spencer, IN

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 162 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.3★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,317/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,639/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 0 HH

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

What weaker CMS stars show for Spencer County

CMS star quality runs softer in Spencer County: rated homes average 2.3/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes and 162 licensed beds.

CareScout 2025 Indiana medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,639/mo, semi-private nursing $8,943/mo, private nursing $10,326/mo, home health aide $6,673/mo, adult day $2,752/mo. Local Spencer County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts run softer here (2 at 1★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Willowdale Village. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,639
Assisted Living / mo
$8,943
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,673
Home Care / mo
2.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Spencer, IN

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Willowdale Village
    5★
  2. 2
    Core of Dale
    1★
  3. 3
    Waters of Rockport Skilled Nursing Facility, the
    1★

Nursing Homes in Spencer County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Willowdale Village Dale 5/5 50 For profit - Corporation
Core of Dale Dale 1/5 52 Government - City/county
Waters of Rockport Skilled Nursing Facility, the Rockport 1/5 60 For profit - Corporation

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Spencer County's 2.3 average
Mid-pack context for Spencer: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Spencer County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Spencer
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Spencer County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Indiana elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Indiana 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 Spencer County.