Nursing Homes in Iowa

Iowa is home to 388 Medicare-certified nursing homes. Browse by city below and open a profile to see CMS ratings, inspection findings, fines, staffing, and ownership.

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Cities with nursing homes in Iowa

Des Moines, IA 120 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Cedar Rapids, IA 75 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Dubuque, IA 42 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.6 Davenport, IA 46 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.4 Sioux City, IA 40 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Waterloo, IA 38 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.6 Cedar Falls, IA 16 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 Council Bluffs, IA 42 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.4 Marion, IA 19 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Newton, IA 12 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.2 Ankeny, IA 25 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.6 Marshalltown, IA 12 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Ames, IA 18 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.1 Bettendorf, IA 22 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Carroll, IA 13 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.9 Cherokee, IA 9 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.9 Emmetsburg, IA 12 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Fort Dodge, IA 14 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.9 Indianola, IA 11 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Iowa City, IA 27 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Johnston, IA 14 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 Keokuk, IA 10 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.7 Mason City, IA 21 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.1 Mount Pleasant, IA 10 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.5 Oskaloosa, IA 14 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.7 Ottumwa, IA 26 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.4 Urbandale, IA 24 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.9 West Des Moines, IA 16 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Algona, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.2 Altoona, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Asbury, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Atlantic, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Boone, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Centerville, IA 13 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Charles City, IA 12 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.1 Clinton, IA 11 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Coralville, IA 12 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.2 Cresco, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Creston, IA 9 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.7 Decorah, IA 11 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 Denison, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.8 Estherville, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Fairfield, IA 14 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.3 Grinnell, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Grundy Center, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Hampton, IA 9 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.5 Independence, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Knoxville, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.5 Le Mars, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Maquoketa, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Mount Ayr, IA 10 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Muscatine, IA 14 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.5 Nevada, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 New Hampton, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 Norwalk, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Oelwein, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Osage, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.2 Perry, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.5 Red Oak, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.2 Sergeant Bluff, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.2 Shenandoah, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Sibley, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Sigourney, IA 11 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.5 Spencer, IA 11 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.5 Vinton, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Washington, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.6 Waukon, IA 9 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.7 Webster City, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.1 West Des Moines, IA 22 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.1 Ackley, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Adel, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Akron, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Albia, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Allison, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.5 Amana, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Anamosa, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Anita, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Aplington, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Armstrong, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Audubon, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Aurelia, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Avoca, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Bancroft, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Battle Creek, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Bedford, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.3 Belle Plaine, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Bellevue, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Belmond, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Bloomfield, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Britt, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Brooklyn, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Buffalo Center, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Burlington, IA 15 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.5 Carlisle, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Cascade, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Centerville,, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Chariton, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Clarence, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Clarinda, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Clarion, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Clarksville, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Clear Lake, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Clive, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Columbus Junction, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Conrad, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Coon Rapids, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Corning, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Correctionville, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Corydon, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Dallas Center, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Dayton, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 De Witt, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Denver, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Dunlap, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Dyersville, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Eagle Grove, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Edgewood, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Eldora, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Elk Horn, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Elkader, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Elma, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Exira, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Fayette, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Fonda, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Forest City, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Fort Madison, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Garner, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.8 George, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Gladbrook, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Glenwood, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Granger, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Greene, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Greenfield, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Grimes, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Guthrie Center, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Guttenberg, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Harlan, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.2 Hartley, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Hawarden, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Hiawatha, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.1 Holstein, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Hubbard, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Hull, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Humboldt, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Inwood, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Iowa Falls, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Jefferson, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Kalona, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Kanawha, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Keosauqua, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Keota, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Keystone, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Kingsley, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 La Porte City, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Lake City, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Lake Mills, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Lamoni, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Lansing, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Laurens, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Lenox, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Leon, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Lisbon, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Lone Tree, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Madrid, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Manchester, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.5 Manly, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Manson, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Mapleton, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Marcus, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Marengo, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Mc Gregor, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Mechanicsville, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Mediapolis, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Milford, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Missouri Valley, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Montezuma, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Monticello, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.8 Montrose, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Mount Vernon, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 New London, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Nora Springs, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 North English, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Northwood, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Oakland, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Odebolt, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Ogden, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Onawa, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.5 Orange City, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.2 Osceola, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Ossian, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Panora, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Pella, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 Pleasant Hill, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Pleasant Valley, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Pleasantville, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Polk City, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Pomeroy, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Reinbeck, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Remsen, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Riceville, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Rock Rapids, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Rock Valley, IA 6 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.3 Rockwell, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Ruthven, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Sac City, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Saint Ansgar, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Sanborn, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Sheffield, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Sheldon, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Shell Rock, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Sidney, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Sioux Center, IA 14 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 Solon, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Spirit Lake, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.7 Stacyville, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Stanton, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 State Center, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Storm Lake, IA 10 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.5 Story City, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Stratford, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Strawberry Point, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Stuart, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Sumner, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Tabor, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Tama, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Tipton, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Titonka, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Toledo, IA 4 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Traer, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Tripoli, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Villisca, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Wall Lake, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Wapello, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Waverly, IA 5 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Wayland, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Wellman, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 West Bend, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 West Branch, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 West Burlington, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.3 West Liberty, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 West Point, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 West Union, IA 8 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.8 Wheatland, IA 2 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Whiting, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0 Williamsburg, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 3.0 Wilton, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Winfield, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 5.0 Winterset, IA 7 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 2.0 Woodbine, IA 3 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 1.0 Zearing, IA 1 facilitiesAverage CMS rating 4.0
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About nursing homes in Iowa

Nursing homes, also called skilled nursing facilities, care for people who need ongoing nursing, rehabilitation following a hospital stay, or long-term residential support. CMS inspects them about once a year and issues Five-Star ratings covering health inspections, staffing, and quality measures.

A sensible first step is to line up the CMS Five-Star ratings, since they distill health inspections, staffing, and quality measures into one score. Treat a strong overall rating as a starting signal, then dig into the inspection findings and staffing numbers that produced it.

Where you can, visit each option in Iowa, ask how care plans are created and revisited, and get costs, coverage, and availability confirmed in writing. Steady staffing and open communication with families count for as much as any published rating.

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Frequently asked questions

How many nursing homes does Iowa have?
According to current CMS data, Iowa has 388 Medicare-certified nursing homes, spread across 250 cities and counties.
What is the best way to compare nursing homes in Iowa?
To compare nursing homes, look past the star rating to the health inspection findings themselves, review nurse staffing levels and turnover, and ask about rehabilitation, memory care, and how care plans get reviewed. Open the city listings above to reach individual profiles with CMS ratings, inspection findings, staffing, and ownership.

Data sources

Data source: CMS Provider Data Catalog. Data as of 2026-10-06.

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