Walker County, Alabama
County inventory for Walker County, Alabama 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
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Walker County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 5 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Alabama medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet AL-WALKER-ALABAMA · Walker, AL
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-WEAK · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-TIE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 5 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 526 beds
- STAR-WEAK 1.6★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #734/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Nevada
- AL-LOW $4,425/mo
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 NH · 2/2 HH
Photo-finish peer: Nevada County, CA (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 Walker County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Walker County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 5 nursing homes and 526 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 1.6/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Alabama medians: assisted living $4,425/mo, semi-private nursing $8,334/mo, private nursing $8,787/mo, home health aide $5,148/mo, adult day $1,246/mo. Local Walker providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts run softer here (3 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★). Ownership leans For profit - Individual (60% of 5 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Walker, AL
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 3★
- 2 2★
- 3 1★
- 4 1★
- 5 1★
Nursing Homes in Walker County
5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Health Services, Inc. | Jasper | 3/5 | 98 | For profit - Individual |
| Ridgeview Health Services, Inc | Jasper | 2/5 | 148 | For profit - Individual |
| Cordova Health and Rehabilitation, LLC | Cordova | 1/5 | 114 | For profit - Corporation |
| Shadescrest Health Care Center | Jasper | 1/5 | 107 | For profit - Individual |
| Walker Rehabilitation Center, Inc | Carbon Hill | 1/5 | 59 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Walker County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Amedisys Home Health of Walker | Jasper | 4.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health | Jasper | 4.0 |
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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Walker County, AL, both outside AL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Alabama overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (5 here).
Continue on the Alabama elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Alabama 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 Walker County.