Nursing Homes in Iowa: 387 Skilled Nursing Facilities · SNFRadar

387

buildings

25,131

licensed beds

80%

occupancyU.S. 80%

3.1

avg overall ratingU.S. 3.0

1.23

avg case mixU.S. 1.40

$303

Medicaid median daily rateJul 2026

Browse by county

Find a county in Iowa

99 counties with a skilled nursing facility, largest first.

Type a county

Polk County30 buildings · 2,254 beds3 / 5 avg rating Linn County18 buildings · 1,312 beds2 / 5 avg rating Black Hawk County12 buildings · 1,059 beds2 / 5 avg rating Dubuque County12 buildings · 933 beds3 / 5 avg rating Scott County11 buildings · 1,015 beds2 / 5 avg rating Woodbury County9 buildings · 539 beds2 / 5 avg rating Dallas County8 buildings · 455 beds2 / 5 avg rating Johnson County7 buildings · 571 beds3 / 5 avg rating Pottawattamie County7 buildings · 549 beds2 / 5 avg rating Story County7 buildings · 453 beds3 / 5 avg rating Henry County6 buildings · 284 beds3 / 5 avg rating Lee County6 buildings · 392 beds3 / 5 avg rating Warren County6 buildings · 456 beds2 / 5 avg rating Butler County5 buildings · 204 beds2 / 5 avg rating Cerro Gordo County5 buildings · 439 beds3 / 5 avg rating Cherokee County5 buildings · 229 beds3 / 5 avg rating Clayton County5 buildings · 197 beds4 / 5 avg rating Jasper County5 buildings · 260 beds2 / 5 avg rating Marshall County5 buildings · 979 beds2 / 5 avg rating Mitchell County5 buildings · 206 beds3 / 5 avg rating Palo Alto County5 buildings · 214 beds3 / 5 avg rating Plymouth County5 buildings · 260 beds3 / 5 avg rating Sioux County5 buildings · 364 beds3 / 5 avg rating Benton County4 buildings · 202 beds3 / 5 avg rating Boone County4 buildings · 286 beds3 / 5 avg rating Bremer County4 buildings · 220 beds4 / 5 avg rating Carroll County4 buildings · 247 beds2 / 5 avg rating Cedar County4 buildings · 204 beds3 / 5 avg rating Clinton County4 buildings · 301 beds4 / 5 avg rating Fayette County4 buildings · 231 beds2 / 5 avg rating Grundy County4 buildings · 169 beds3 / 5 avg rating Hardin County4 buildings · 221 beds4 / 5 avg rating Iowa County4 buildings · 211 beds3 / 5 avg rating Kossuth County4 buildings · 169 beds4 / 5 avg rating Marion County4 buildings · 284 beds2 / 5 avg rating Montgomery County4 buildings · 203 beds3 / 5 avg rating Muscatine County4 buildings · 344 beds3 / 5 avg rating Poweshiek County4 buildings · 209 beds4 / 5 avg rating Tama County4 buildings · 242 beds2 / 5 avg rating Washington County4 buildings · 237 beds3 / 5 avg rating Webster County4 buildings · 350 beds3 / 5 avg rating Allamakee County3 buildings · 150 beds2 / 5 avg rating Appanoose County3 buildings · 111 beds2 / 5 avg rating Calhoun County3 buildings · 118 beds3 / 5 avg rating Cass County3 buildings · 192 beds2 / 5 avg rating Des Moines County3 buildings · 282 beds2 / 5 avg rating Emmet County3 buildings · 148 beds3 / 5 avg rating Floyd County3 buildings · 160 beds4 / 5 avg rating Franklin County3 buildings · 149 beds4 / 5 avg rating Hamilton County3 buildings · 188 beds1 / 5 avg rating Hancock County3 buildings · 139 beds5 / 5 avg rating Harrison County3 buildings · 222 beds2 / 5 avg rating Jackson County3 buildings · 167 beds3 / 5 avg rating Keokuk County3 buildings · 131 beds1 / 5 avg rating Lyon County3 buildings · 121 beds3 / 5 avg rating Mahaska County3 buildings · 234 beds2 / 5 avg rating Monona County3 buildings · 174 beds3 / 5 avg rating Obrien County3 buildings · 187 beds3 / 5 avg rating Page County3 buildings · 162 beds1 / 5 avg rating Sac County3 buildings · 154 beds2 / 5 avg rating Wapello County3 buildings · 246 beds3 / 5 avg rating Winnebago County3 buildings · 146 beds4 / 5 avg rating Winneshiek County3 buildings · 188 beds3 / 5 avg rating Wright County3 buildings · 166 beds3 / 5 avg rating Adair County2 buildings · 111 beds2 / 5 avg rating Audubon County2 buildings · 106 beds2 / 5 avg rating Buchanan County2 buildings · 109 beds4 / 5 avg rating Chickasaw County2 buildings · 98 beds4 / 5 avg rating Clay County2 buildings · 161 beds1 / 5 avg rating Crawford County2 buildings · 130 beds4 / 5 avg rating Decatur County2 buildings · 89 beds4 / 5 avg rating Dickinson County2 buildings · 126 beds3 / 5 avg rating Fremont County2 buildings · 92 beds2 / 5 avg rating Guthrie County2 buildings · 104 beds3 / 5 avg rating Howard County2 buildings · 83 beds3 / 5 avg rating Ida County2 buildings · 100 beds3 / 5 avg rating Jefferson County2 buildings · 143 beds1 / 5 avg rating Jones County2 buildings · 139 beds3 / 5 avg rating Louisa County2 buildings · 88 beds4 / 5 avg rating Osceola County2 buildings · 92 beds5 / 5 avg rating Pocahontas County2 buildings · 84 beds4 / 5 avg rating Ringgold County2 buildings · 128 beds4 / 5 avg rating Shelby County2 buildings · 114 beds2 / 5 avg rating Taylor County2 buildings · 75 beds3 / 5 avg rating Union County2 buildings · 105 beds2 / 5 avg rating Worth County2 buildings · 86 beds2 / 5 avg rating Adams County1 building · 40 beds4 / 5 avg rating Buena Vista County1 building · 93 beds4 / 5 avg rating Clarke County1 building · 90 beds3 / 5 avg rating Davis County1 building · 91 beds3 / 5 avg rating Delaware County1 building · 112 beds4 / 5 avg rating Greene County1 building · 46 beds4 / 5 avg rating Humboldt County1 building · 28 beds5 / 5 avg rating Lucas County1 building · 60 beds4 / 5 avg rating Madison County1 building · 65 beds1 / 5 avg rating Mills County1 building · 69 beds2 / 5 avg rating Monroe County1 building · 54 beds4 / 5 avg rating Van Buren County1 building · 60 beds1 / 5 avg rating Wayne County1 building · 71 beds4 / 5 avg rating

The market

Iowa at a glance

Iowa nursing home occupancy. Iowa nursing homes are 80% occupied: average daily residents against certified beds, statewide, against 80% for the U.S. Source: CMS Provider Information, October 2026 file.

Iowa beside the country

CMS Provider Information, building-weighted

Occupancy80%

U.S. 80%

level with U.S.

Overall CMS rating3.1

U.S. 3.0

about the same as U.S.

Staffing rating3.8

U.S. 3.0

29% above U.S.

Case mix1.23

U.S. 1.40

12% below U.S.

Deficiencies per survey9.3

U.S. 12.3

24% below U.S.

How full the buildings are

share of 387 buildings

Iowa

15%43%42%

under 70% occupied70-85% occupiedover 85% occupied

Occupancy compares average residents with certified beds. Certified beds can include beds the home chooses not to fill; this figure does not tell us why beds are unused.

Ownership type and affiliations

CMS Provider Information

53%44%

For-profit (53%)Nonprofit (44%)Government (3%)

36 CMS affiliation groups

CMS groups homes with shared ownership or management. An affiliation does not establish that a chain owns this building.

Who lives here

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

3,210,507

residents

582,156

aged 65 and over

Trend

Iowa, statewide

Jul 2024 to Jul 2026, 12 filed months. CMS Provider Information.

Occupancy, building average

Iowa

Up 6 points, Jul 2024 to Jul 2026.

Overall CMS rating

Iowa

Up 0.2, Jul 2024 to Jul 2026.

Staff turnover

Iowa

Down 5 points, Jul 2024 to Jul 2026.

What's on a building's page

Every building in this list has its own free page.

Its CMS ratings, quality and staffing against the state, surveys, Medicaid rate and the buildings around it. A free account opens its cost report and the what-if.

Read the words on screen

Building pages. Every building, its own page.

Every building has its own free page. From SNFRadar’s system: CMS Care Compare, cost reports, state files. On screen: CMS certified; quality and staffing; cost report, against Ohio.

A free account opens its own numbers and the what-if. On screen: the neighborhood.

See your building. Understand your market. Explore your next move. SNFRadar is free. Create a free account at snfradar.com.

More short films on how SNFRadar works ›

The buildings

Open any building

387 buildings, A to Z. Tap a row to open it.

Ams Memorial-greeneGreene, Butler County, IA · CCN 16535631beds2 / 5overallunder 70%occupancyn/acase mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Ames, LLCAmes, Story County, IA · CCN 16542375beds3 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.14case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Aurelia, LLCAurelia, Cherokee County, IA · CCN 16553541beds3 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.10case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of BancroftBancroft, Kossuth County, IA · CCN 16540825beds5 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.21case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of CarlisleCarlisle, Warren County, IA · CCN 16525580beds1 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.13case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of CarrollCarroll, Carroll County, IA · CCN 16545565beds1 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.26case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Cascade LLCCascade, Dubuque County, IA · CCN 16556846beds2 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.20case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Cherokee, LLCCherokee, Cherokee County, IA · CCN 16542544beds3 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.20case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of CrestonCreston, Union County, IA · CCN 16527531beds2 / 5overallunder 70%occupancy1.29case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Knoxville, LLCKnoxville, Marion County, IA · CCN 16538260beds2 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.07case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Lake City, LLCLake City, Calhoun County, IA · CCN 16508246beds2 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.05case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Le MarsLe Mars, Plymouth County, IA · CCN 16531146beds3 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.15case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of MarshalltownMarshalltown, Marshall County, IA · CCN 16545184beds1 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.10case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of MilfordMilford, Dickinson County, IA · CCN 16540246beds5 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.30case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of MuscatineMuscatine, Muscatine County, IA · CCN 165578100beds3 / 5overallunder 70%occupancy1.16case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of New HamptonNew Hampton, Chickasaw County, IA · CCN 16530252beds5 / 5overallunder 70%occupancy1.32case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Newton East, LLCNewton, Jasper County, IA · CCN 16542154beds1 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.15case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Ogden, LLCOgden, Boone County, IA · CCN 16543446beds4 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.07case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of OnawaOnawa, Monona County, IA · CCN 16525646beds2 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.19case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of OttumwaOttumwa, Wapello County, IA · CCN 16554960beds5 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.23case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Pleasantville, LLCPleasantville, Marion County, IA · CCN 16532446beds1 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.10case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Pomeroy, LLCPomeroy, Calhoun County, IA · CCN 16541430beds3 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.25case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of ShenandoahShenandoah, Page County, IA · CCN 16552942beds1 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.22case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Sioux City, LLCSioux City, Woodbury County, IA · CCN 16543546beds5 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.08case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of South Des MoinesDes Moines, Polk County, IA · CCN 16527389beds1 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.14case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of Spirit LakeSpirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA · CCN 16552880beds2 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.25case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of StantonStanton, Montgomery County, IA · CCN 16533246beds4 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.20case mix

open the full page ›

Accura Healthcare of ToledoToledo, Tama County, IA · CCN 16545055beds3 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.13case mix

open the full page ›

Adel AcresAdel, Dallas County, IA · CCN 16555550beds1 / 5overall70-85%occupancy1.32case mix

open the full page ›

Akron Care Center, IncAkron, Plymouth County, IA · CCN 16559545beds5 / 5overallover 85%occupancy1.16case mix

open the full page ›

About this data

How many nursing homes are in Iowa?

Iowa has 387 nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) with 25,131 certified beds across 99 counties, in CMS’s Provider Information file of October 2026.

How many certified beds are in Iowa?

25,131 certified skilled nursing beds.

What is the nursing home occupancy rate in Iowa?

Iowa nursing homes are 80% occupied: average daily residents against certified beds, statewide, against 80% for the U.S. Source: CMS Provider Information, October 2026 file.

What is the average CMS rating of Iowa skilled nursing facilities?

3.1 out of 5 stars, averaged over the 385 rated buildings.

Are there nursing homes for sale in Iowa?

No public listings. 3G Healthcare Real Estate sells skilled nursing facilities confidentially, so buildings for sale are not posted here. A buyer can tell us what they buy at snfradar.com/acquisition-criteria.

Source: CMS Provider Information and Care Compare · CMS files dated October 2026.

Published by 3G Healthcare Real Estate, skilled nursing advisors. Authors: Stan Klos III, Founder · Christian Patrick, President.

Own or operate buildings here?

Track your facility or your whole portfolio, and see the full read.