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Nursing homes in Howard County

Howard County is in Iowa. 3 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes operate across 2 cities, with an average CMS Five-Star overall rating of 3.3★ (+0.2 vs national average).

Homes
3
Cities
2
Average rating
3.3★

Top 3 highest rated nursing homes in Howard

  1. 1
    Evans Senior Living Community
    Cresco, IA · HEALTHCARE OF IOWA
    5.0
  2. 2
    Colonial Manor of Elma
    Elma, IA · LEGACY HEALTHCARE
    4.0
  3. 3
    Accura Healthcare of Cresco
    Cresco, IA · ACCURA HEALTHCARE
    1.0

Largest operators in Howard

    LEGACY HEALTHCARE
    1 nursing home
    ACCURA HEALTHCARE
    1 nursing home
    HEALTHCARE OF IOWA
    1 nursing home

Cities in Howard County

Cresco
2 nursing homes · 3★
Elma
1 nursing home · 4★

All nursing homes in Howard County

Evans Senior Living Community

HEALTHCARE OF IOWA

Cresco, IA · Howard

5.0
Compliance
5
Experience
0
Staffing
5
Quality
3

Colonial Manor of Elma

LEGACY HEALTHCARE

Elma, IA · Howard

4.0
Compliance
4
Experience
0
Staffing
3
Quality
2

Accura Healthcare of Cresco

ACCURA HEALTHCARE

Cresco, IA · Howard

1.0
Compliance
1
Experience
0
Staffing
1
Quality
1

Nearby counties in Iowa

Polk
29 nursing homes · 3.1★
Linn
18 nursing homes · 3★
Black Hawk
12 nursing homes · 3.2★
Dubuque
12 nursing homes · 3.5★
Scott
11 nursing homes · 2.1★
Woodbury
9 nursing homes · 2.4★
Dallas
9 nursing homes · 2.9★
Johnson
7 nursing homes · 3.3★
Pottawattamie
7 nursing homes · 1.6★
Story
7 nursing homes · 3.9★
Henry
6 nursing homes · 4.3★
Lee
6 nursing homes · 3.7★
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Showing 17,154 nursing homes — 14,572 in the United States and 2,582 in Australia. Extract: April 2026 (US) / February 2026 (AU).

US data: Five-Star Quality Rating System from CMS Care Compare (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) — public domain.

AU data: Star Ratings from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing via GEN Aged Care Data (AIHW), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data has been modified for presentation (filtering, sorting, aggregation).

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