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The Cost of Senior Care by U.S. State

National medians and the most- and least-expensive states for assisted living, nursing homes, in-home care, and adult day care across all 50 states and D.C.

All Cities

AK

Anchorage, AK Eagle River, AK Fairbanks, AK Juneau, AK Palmer, AK Soldotna, AK Wasilla, AK

AL

Anniston, AL Athens, AL Bessemer, AL Birmingham, AL Cullman, AL Decatur, AL Dothan, AL Florence, AL Gadsden, AL Hoover, AL Huntsville, AL Madison, AL Mobile, AL Montgomery, AL Opelika, AL Selma, AL Troy, AL Tuscaloosa, AL

AR

Batesville, AR Benton, AR Bentonville, AR Conway, AR El Dorado, AR Fayetteville, AR Fort Smith, AR Harrison, AR Hot Springs, AR Jonesboro, AR Little Rock, AR Mountain Home, AR North Little Rock, AR Pine Bluff, AR Rogers, AR Russellville, AR Springdale, AR Texarkana, AR West Memphis, AR

AZ

Avondale, AZ Casa Grande, AZ Chandler, AZ Cottonwood, AZ Flagstaff, AZ Gilbert, AZ Glendale, AZ Goodyear, AZ Green Valley, AZ Lake Havasu City, AZ Mesa, AZ Peoria, AZ Phoenix, AZ Prescott, AZ Prescott Valley, AZ San Tan Valley, AZ Scottsdale, AZ Sierra Vista, AZ Sun City, AZ Surprise, AZ Tempe, AZ Tucson, AZ Yuma, AZ

CA

Alhambra, CA Anaheim, CA Antioch, CA Arcadia, CA Auburn, CA Bakersfield, CA Brentwood, CA Buena Park, CA Burbank, CA Burlingame, CA Camarillo, CA Campbell, CA Canoga Park, CA Carlsbad, CA Carmichael, CA Carson, CA Castro Valley, CA Cathedral City, CA Cerritos, CA Chatsworth, CA Chico, CA Chino, CA Chula Vista, CA Citrus Heights, CA Claremont, CA Clovis, CA Concord, CA Corona, CA Costa Mesa, CA Covina, CA Daly City, CA Downey, CA El Cajon, CA El Dorado Hills, CA Elk Grove, CA Encino, CA Escondido, CA Fair Oaks, CA Fairfield, CA Folsom, CA Fontana, CA Fountain Valley, CA Fremont, CA Fresno, CA Fullerton, CA Garden Grove, CA Glendale, CA Glendora, CA Granada Hills, CA Hayward, CA Hemet, CA Huntington Beach, CA Irvine, CA La Habra, CA La Jolla, CA La Mesa, CA Laguna Hills, CA Laguna Niguel, CA Lake Forest, CA Lancaster, CA Livermore, CA Loma Linda, CA Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Merced, CA Mission Hills, CA Mission Viejo, CA Modesto, CA Montclair, CA Monterey, CA Moreno Valley, CA Murrieta, CA Napa, CA Newport Beach, CA North Hollywood, CA Northridge, CA Norwalk, CA Oakland, CA Oceanside, CA Ontario, CA Orange, CA Orangevale, CA Oxnard, CA Palm Desert, CA Palm Springs, CA Palmdale, CA Palo Alto, CA Panorama City, CA Pasadena, CA Petaluma, CA Placentia, CA Pleasant Hill, CA Pleasanton, CA Poway, CA Rancho Cordova, CA Rancho Cucamonga, CA Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Redding, CA Redlands, CA Redwood City, CA Reseda, CA Riverside, CA Rocklin, CA Roseville, CA Sacramento, CA Salinas, CA San Bernardino, CA San Bruno, CA San Diego, CA San Dimas, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Leandro, CA San Luis Obispo, CA San Marcos, CA San Mateo, CA San Rafael, CA San Ramon, CA Santa Ana, CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Clarita, CA Santa Maria, CA Santa Monica, CA Santa Rosa, CA Sherman Oaks, CA Simi Valley, CA South San Francisco, CA Stockton, CA Sunnyvale, CA Tarzana, CA Temecula, CA Thousand Oaks, CA Torrance, CA Tustin, CA Union City, CA Upland, CA Vacaville, CA Valencia, CA Vallejo, CA Valley Village, CA Van Nuys, CA Ventura, CA Victorville, CA Visalia, CA Vista, CA Walnut Creek, CA West Covina, CA West Hills, CA Whittier, CA Woodland Hills, CA Yorba Linda, CA

CO

Arvada, CO Aurora, CO Boulder, CO Castle Rock, CO Centennial, CO Colorado Springs, CO Denver, CO Englewood, CO Fort Collins, CO Grand Junction, CO Greeley, CO Lakewood, CO Littleton, CO Longmont, CO Loveland, CO Parker, CO Pueblo, CO Westminster, CO

CT

Avon, CT Bloomfield, CT Bridgeport, CT Bristol, CT Danbury, CT East Hartford, CT Fairfield, CT Farmington, CT Glastonbury, CT Greenwich, CT Hamden, CT Hartford, CT Manchester, CT Meriden, CT Middletown, CT Milford, CT New Britain, CT New Haven, CT New London, CT Norwalk, CT Norwich, CT Rocky Hill, CT Shelton, CT Stamford, CT Stratford, CT Wallingford, CT Waterbury, CT West Hartford, CT West Haven, CT Windsor, CT

DC

Washington, DC, DC

DE

Dover, DE Middletown, DE Milford, DE New Castle, DE Newark, DE Wilmington, DE

FL

Altamonte Springs, FL Apopka, FL Boca Raton, FL Boynton Beach, FL Bradenton, FL Brandon, FL Brooksville, FL Cape Coral, FL Clearwater, FL Clermont, FL Coral Gables, FL Coral Springs, FL Cutler Bay, FL Davie, FL Daytona Beach, FL Deland, FL Delray Beach, FL Doral, FL Fort Lauderdale, FL Fort Myers, FL Fort Pierce, FL Gainesville, FL Hialeah, FL Hollywood, FL Homestead, FL Jacksonville, FL Jupiter, FL Kissimmee, FL Lake City, FL Lake Worth, FL Lakeland, FL Largo, FL Lauderhill, FL Leesburg, FL Melbourne, FL Miami, FL Miami Gardens, FL Miami Lakes, FL Miramar, FL Naples, FL New Port Richey, FL North Miami Beach, FL North Miami, FL Ocala, FL Orange Park, FL Orlando, FL Ormond Beach, FL Palm Bay, FL Palm Beach Gardens, FL Palm Coast, FL Palm Harbor, FL Panama City, FL Pembroke Pines, FL Pensacola, FL Plantation, FL Pompano Beach, FL Port Charlotte, FL Port Orange, FL Port St Lucie, FL Rockledge, FL Sarasota, FL Spring Hill, FL St Petersburg, FL Stuart, FL Sunrise, FL Tallahassee, FL Tamarac, FL Tampa, FL The Villages, FL Venice, FL Vero Beach, FL Wellington, FL Wesley Chapel, FL West Palm Beach, FL Winter Haven, FL Winter Park, FL

GA

Albany, GA Alpharetta, GA Americus, GA Athens, GA Atlanta, GA Augusta, GA Austell, GA Brunswick, GA Canton, GA Carrollton, GA Cartersville, GA Columbus, GA Conyers, GA Covington, GA Cumming, GA Dalton, GA Decatur, GA Douglasville, GA Dublin, GA Duluth, GA Fayetteville, GA Gainesville, GA Jonesboro, GA Kennesaw, GA Lawrenceville, GA Lithonia, GA Loganville, GA Macon, GA Marietta, GA Monroe, GA Moultrie, GA Newnan, GA Riverdale, GA Rome, GA Roswell, GA Savannah, GA Snellville, GA Statesboro, GA Stockbridge, GA Stone Mountain, GA Suwanee, GA Thomasville, GA Tucker, GA Valdosta, GA Warner Robins, GA Woodstock, GA

HI

Hilo, HI Honolulu, HI Wailuku, HI

IA

Cedar Rapids, IA Des Moines, IA Sioux City, IA

ID

Boise, ID Caldwell, ID Coeur D Alene, ID Eagle, ID Idaho Falls, ID Lewiston, ID Meridian, ID Nampa, ID Pocatello, ID Twin Falls, ID

IL

Alton, IL Arlington Heights, IL Aurora, IL Bloomington, IL Bolingbrook, IL Chicago, IL Decatur, IL Des Plaines, IL Elgin, IL Joliet, IL Lombard, IL Marion, IL Moline, IL Naperville, IL Northbrook, IL Oak Brook, IL Oak Lawn, IL Orland Park, IL Park Ridge, IL Peoria, IL Quincy, IL Rockford, IL Schaumburg, IL Skokie, IL Springfield, IL Tinley Park, IL

IN

Anderson, IN Avon, IN Bloomington, IN Carmel, IN Columbus, IN Corydon, IN Crown Point, IN Elkhart, IN Evansville, IN Fishers, IN Fort Wayne, IN Gary, IN Goshen, IN Greenwood, IN Hammond, IN Highland, IN Indianapolis, IN Jasper, IN Jeffersonville, IN Kokomo, IN Lafayette, IN Marion, IN Merrillville, IN Mishawaka, IN Muncie, IN Munster, IN New Albany, IN Newburgh, IN Noblesville, IN Richmond, IN South Bend, IN Terre Haute, IN Valparaiso, IN Vincennes, IN

KS

Kansas City, KS Lawrence, KS Lenexa, KS Olathe, KS Overland Park, KS Salina, KS Topeka, KS Wichita, KS

KY

Bowling Green, KY Lexington, KY Louisville, KY Owensboro, KY

LA

Alexandria, LA Bastrop, LA Baton Rouge, LA Bossier City, LA Covington, LA Gretna, LA Hammond, LA Houma, LA Lafayette, LA Lake Charles, LA Mandeville, LA Metairie, LA Monroe, LA New Iberia, LA New Orleans, LA Ruston, LA Shreveport, LA Slidell, LA Thibodaux, LA West Monroe, LA

MA

Boston, MA Fall River, MA Framingham, MA Quincy, MA Springfield, MA Taunton, MA Worcester, MA

MD

Annapolis, MD Baltimore, MD Bel Air, MD Beltsville, MD Bethesda, MD Bowie, MD Catonsville, MD Clinton, MD Columbia, MD Elkton, MD Ellicott City, MD Fort Washington, MD Frederick, MD Gaithersburg, MD Germantown, MD Glen Burnie, MD Gwynn Oak, MD Hagerstown, MD Hyattsville, MD Lanham, MD Laurel, MD Owings Mills, MD Pasadena, MD Pikesville, MD Potomac, MD Randallstown, MD Rockville, MD Salisbury, MD Silver Spring, MD Towson, MD Upper Marlboro, MD Waldorf, MD Westminster, MD

ME

Auburn, ME Augusta, ME Bangor, ME Biddeford, ME Brewer, ME Brunswick, ME Gorham, ME Hampden, ME Lewiston, ME Portland, ME Saco, ME Sanford, ME Scarborough, ME South Portland, ME Waterville, ME Westbrook, ME Windham, ME

MI

Adrian, MI Allegan, MI Alpena, MI Ann Arbor, MI Battle Creek, MI Bay City, MI Berrien Springs, MI Bloomfield Hills, MI Brighton, MI Caro, MI Clarkston, MI Clinton Township, MI Clio, MI Dearborn, MI Detroit, MI East Lansing, MI Escanaba, MI Farmington Hills, MI Fenton, MI Flint, MI Gaylord, MI Grand Blanc, MI Grand Rapids, MI Holland, MI Howell, MI Inkster, MI Jackson, MI Kalamazoo, MI Kentwood, MI Lansing, MI Lapeer, MI Livonia, MI Marquette, MI Midland, MI Monroe, MI Muskegon, MI Novi, MI Owosso, MI Pontiac, MI Port Huron, MI Portage, MI Redford, MI Rochester Hills, MI Romulus, MI Saginaw, MI Southfield, MI Sterling Heights, MI Taylor, MI Traverse City, MI Troy, MI Warren, MI West Bloomfield, MI Westland, MI Wyoming, MI Ypsilanti, MI

MN

Alexandria, MN Anoka, MN Apple Valley, MN Bemidji, MN Blaine, MN Bloomington, MN Brainerd, MN Brooklyn Center, MN Brooklyn Park, MN Burnsville, MN Champlin, MN Columbia Heights, MN Coon Rapids, MN Crystal, MN Duluth, MN Eagan, MN Eden Prairie, MN Edina, MN Faribault, MN Fergus Falls, MN Fridley, MN Golden Valley, MN Grand Rapids, MN Hopkins, MN Inver Grove Heights, MN Lakeville, MN Mankato, MN Maple Grove, MN Maplewood, MN Minneapolis, MN Minnetonka, MN Moorhead, MN New Brighton, MN New Hope, MN Oakdale, MN Plymouth, MN Richfield, MN Robbinsdale, MN Rochester, MN Roseville, MN Shakopee, MN St Cloud, MN St Louis Park, MN St Paul, MN Willmar, MN Woodbury, MN

MO

Blue Springs, MO Bridgeton, MO Cape Girardeau, MO Chesterfield, MO Columbia, MO Creve Coeur, MO Farmington, MO Florissant, MO Hazelwood, MO Independence, MO Jefferson City, MO Jennings, MO Joplin, MO Kansas City, MO Lees Summit, MO Poplar Bluff, MO Rolla, MO Sikeston, MO Springfield, MO St Charles, MO St Joseph, MO St Louis, MO St Peters, MO

MS

Biloxi, MS Brandon, MS Brookhaven, MS Canton, MS Cleveland, MS Columbus, MS Corinth, MS Flowood, MS Greenville, MS Gulfport, MS Hattiesburg, MS Jackson, MS Laurel, MS McComb, MS Meridian, MS Natchez, MS Ridgeland, MS Southaven, MS Starkville, MS Tupelo, MS Vicksburg, MS

MT

Billings, MT Bozeman, MT Butte, MT Great Falls, MT Helena, MT Kalispell, MT Missoula, MT

NC

Albemarle, NC Asheville, NC Boone, NC Burlington, NC Cary, NC Chapel Hill, NC Charlotte, NC Concord, NC Durham, NC Fayetteville, NC Gastonia, NC Goldsboro, NC Greensboro, NC Greenville, NC Hendersonville, NC Hickory, NC High Point, NC Jacksonville, NC Kernersville, NC Kinston, NC Lumberton, NC Monroe, NC Mooresville, NC Morganton, NC New Bern, NC Raleigh, NC Rocky Mount, NC Salisbury, NC Sanford, NC Shelby, NC Smithfield, NC Statesville, NC Wilmington, NC Wilson, NC Winston Salem, NC

ND

Bismarck, ND Dickinson, ND Fargo, ND Grand Forks, ND Minot, ND

NE

Bellevue, NE Grand Island, NE Kearney, NE Lincoln, NE Omaha, NE

NH

Bedford, NH Concord, NH Dover, NH Keene, NH Manchester, NH Nashua, NH Portsmouth, NH

NJ

Brick, NJ Cherry Hill, NJ Edison, NJ Jersey City, NJ Marlton, NJ Newark, NJ Paterson, NJ Toms River, NJ Trenton, NJ Wayne, NJ

NM

Alamogordo, NM Albuquerque, NM Carlsbad, NM Clovis, NM Farmington, NM Gallup, NM Hobbs, NM Las Cruces, NM Las Vegas, NM Rio Rancho, NM Roswell, NM Santa Fe, NM

NV

Carson City, NV Henderson, NV Las Vegas, NV North Las Vegas, NV Pahrump, NV Reno, NV Sparks, NV

NY

Albany, NY Bronx, NY Brooklyn, NY Buffalo, NY Far Rockaway, NY Flushing, NY Forest Hills, NY Ithaca, NY Jamaica, NY New York, NY Rochester, NY Schenectady, NY Staten Island, NY Syracuse, NY White Plains, NY Yonkers, NY

OH

Akron, OH Beachwood, OH Canton, OH Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dayton, OH Dublin, OH Fairfield, OH Gahanna, OH Hamilton, OH Kettering, OH Lancaster, OH Lima, OH Mansfield, OH Mason, OH Medina, OH Reynoldsburg, OH Springfield, OH Toledo, OH West Chester, OH Westerville, OH Westlake, OH Youngstown, OH Zanesville, OH

OK

Broken Arrow, OK Edmond, OK Enid, OK Lawton, OK Norman, OK Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK

OR

Beaverton, OR Bend, OR Eugene, OR Grants Pass, OR Medford, OR Portland, OR Salem, OR

PA

Allentown, PA Bethlehem, PA Butler, PA Chambersburg, PA Erie, PA Greensburg, PA Harrisburg, PA Indiana, PA Johnstown, PA Lancaster, PA New Castle, PA Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Reading, PA Scranton, PA State College, PA Uniontown, PA Williamsport, PA York, PA

PR

San Juan, PR

RI

Providence, RI Warwick, RI

SC

Aiken, SC Anderson, SC Bluffton, SC Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Conway, SC Dillon, SC Easley, SC Florence, SC Fort Mill, SC Greenville, SC Greenwood, SC Greer, SC Lexington, SC Mount Pleasant, SC Myrtle Beach, SC North Charleston, SC Orangeburg, SC Rock Hill, SC Simpsonville, SC Spartanburg, SC Summerville, SC Sumter, SC West Columbia, SC

SD

Aberdeen, SD Rapid City, SD Sioux Falls, SD

TN

Chattanooga, TN Clarksville, TN Franklin, TN Jackson, TN Johnson City, TN Kingsport, TN Knoxville, TN Memphis, TN Murfreesboro, TN Nashville, TN

TX

Abilene, TX Allen, TX Amarillo, TX Arlington, TX Austin, TX Beaumont, TX Bryan, TX Carrollton, TX College Station, TX Conroe, TX Corpus Christi, TX Dallas, TX Denton, TX Edinburg, TX El Paso, TX Fort Worth, TX Frisco, TX Garland, TX Georgetown, TX Grand Prairie, TX Houston, TX Irving, TX Katy, TX Kingwood, TX Lewisville, TX Longview, TX Lubbock, TX Lufkin, TX Mcallen, TX McKinney, TX Mesquite, TX Midland, TX Mission, TX Missouri City, TX Odessa, TX Plano, TX Richardson, TX Richmond, TX Round Rock, TX San Angelo, TX San Antonio, TX Sherman, TX Spring, TX Sugar Land, TX Temple, TX Texarkana, TX The Woodlands, TX Tomball, TX Tyler, TX Victoria, TX Waco, TX Wichita Falls, TX

UT

Murray, UT Ogden, UT Orem, UT Salt Lake City, UT Sandy, UT St George, UT

VA

Alexandria, VA Arlington, VA Charlottesville, VA Chesapeake, VA Fairfax, VA Falls Church, VA Fredericksburg, VA Hampton, VA Leesburg, VA Lynchburg, VA Manassas, VA Mechanicsville, VA Midlothian, VA Newport News, VA Norfolk, VA Petersburg, VA Portsmouth, VA Richmond, VA Roanoke, VA Suffolk, VA Virginia Beach, VA Williamsburg, VA Winchester, VA Woodbridge, VA

VT

Rutland, VT

WA

Bellingham, WA Everett, WA Kennewick, WA Olympia, WA Seattle, WA Spokane Valley, WA Spokane, WA Tacoma, WA Vancouver, WA Yakima, WA

WI

Appleton, WI Beloit, WI Brookfield, WI Burlington, WI Chippewa Falls, WI Eau Claire, WI Elkhorn, WI Fond Du Lac, WI Fort Atkinson, WI Green Bay, WI Greenfield, WI Janesville, WI Jefferson, WI Kenosha, WI La Crosse, WI Madison, WI Manitowoc, WI Marshfield, WI Menomonee Falls, WI Menomonie, WI Milwaukee, WI Monroe, WI Neenah, WI New Berlin, WI New Richmond, WI Oconomowoc, WI Oshkosh, WI Racine, WI Rhinelander, WI Rice Lake, WI Sheboygan, WI Stevens Point, WI Superior, WI Tomah, WI Watertown, WI Waukesha, WI Wausau, WI Wauwatosa, WI West Allis, WI West Bend, WI Whitewater, WI Wisconsin Rapids, WI

WV

Charleston, WV Huntington, WV Morgantown, WV

WY

Casper, WY Cheyenne, WY

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Economic context (United States)

Population aged 65+
18.4%
Source: World Bank (2025)
Health spending per capita
$13,473
Source: World Bank (2023)
Inflation (CPI)
2.9%
Source: World Bank (2024)
GDP per capita
$90,027
Source: World Bank (2025)
Older adults per 100 working-age people
28.5%
Source: World Bank (2025)
Public share of health spending
54%
Source: World Bank (2023)
Govt health spending (% of GDP)
9%
Source: World Bank (2023)

Care costs typically track inflation — consumer prices are forecast to rise 3.2% in 2026. Source: International Monetary Fund (2026)

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