Wake County, North Carolina
County inventory for Wake 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. Home-health agency signature
11 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Wake County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 21 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet NC-WAKE-NORTH-CAROLINA · Wake, NC
NH-MID · BEDS-MID · STAR-MID · HH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-MID 21 homes
- BEDS-MID 2,146 beds
- STAR-MID 3.2★ avg
- HH-MID 11 HH
- RANK-TOP #118/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Hillsborough
- AL-MID $6,496/mo
- BOOK-FULL 21/21 NH · 11/11 HH
Photo-finish peer: Hillsborough County, NH (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 Wake County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Wake County: 11 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 21 nursing homes and 2,146 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.2/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians: 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 Wake providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Wake County break as 3 at 1★, 4 at 2★, 4 at 3★, 4 at 4★, 5 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (43% of 21 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Bellarose Nursing And Rehab, Glenaire, Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest. 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 Wake, NC
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 5★
- 4 5★
- 5 5★
Nursing Homes in Wake County
21 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarose Nursing And Rehab | Garner | 5/5 | 100 | For profit - Corporation |
| Glenaire | Cary | 5/5 | 71 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Hillside Nursing Center of Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 5/5 | 130 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Rosewood Health Center | Raleigh | 5/5 | 57 | Non profit - Corporation |
| UNC Rex Rehab & Nursing Care Center of Apex | Apex | 5/5 | 107 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Capital Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Raleigh | 4/5 | 125 | For profit - Corporation |
| Rex Rehab & Nursing Care Center | Raleigh | 4/5 | 120 | Government - Hospital district |
| The Cardinal at North Hills | Raleigh | 4/5 | 15 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Zebulon Rehabilitation Center | Zebulon | 4/5 | 60 | For profit - Corporation |
| Hillcrest Raleigh at Crabtree Valley | Raleigh | 3/5 | 134 | For profit - Corporation |
| PruittHealth-Raleigh | Raleigh | 3/5 | 150 | For profit - Corporation |
| Swift Creek Health Center | Cary | 3/5 | 3 | For profit - Corporation |
| The Laurels of Forest Glenn | Garner | 3/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Raleigh Rehabilitation Center | Raleigh | 2/5 | 157 | For profit - Corporation |
| Sunnybrook Rehabilitation Center | Raleigh | 2/5 | 95 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Tower Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | Raleigh | 2/5 | 180 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Wellington Rehabilitation and Healthcare | Knightdale | 2/5 | 80 | For profit - Corporation |
| Highfield Nursing and Rehabilitation | Cary | 1/5 | 120 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Litchford Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center | Raleigh | 1/5 | 90 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Universal Health Care/Fuquay-Varina | Fuquay Varina | 1/5 | 100 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Universal Health Care/North Raleigh | Raleigh | N/A | 132 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
Home Health Agencies in Wake County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Well Care Home Health of the Southern Triangle, Inc. | Holly Springs | 5.0 |
| Pruitthealth at Home - Wake | Raleigh | 4.5 |
| Well Care Home Health, Inc | Raleigh | 4.5 |
| Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. | Raleigh | 4.0 |
| Centerwell Home Health | Raleigh | 4.0 |
| Medi Home Health Agency | Raleigh | 3.5 |
| Wakemed Home Health | Raleigh | 3.5 |
| Liberty Home Care, LLC | Wendell | 3.0 |
| Phc Home Health-Wake | Cary | 3.0 |
| Aveanna Healthcare | Raleigh | N/A |
| Transitions Lifecare | Raleigh | N/A |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Wake County, NC, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the North Carolina overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (21 here).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (11 here).
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 Wake County.