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Senior Care in New Jersey
Explore licensed senior care options across 376 cities in New Jersey. Compare 1,868 verified provider listings, review local cost benchmarks, and find comprehensive care planning guides.
New Jersey Senior Care Cost Report
Median assisted living: $8,710/mo. View statewide pricing comparisons, top 10 city benchmarks, and national medians.
Key Takeaways: Senior Care in New Jersey
Verified across 376 cities as of September 2026
CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey
Home health aide hourly rate
Private room annual baseline
New Jersey Senior Care Cost Benchmarks
Source: CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey (published March 2026)
| Care Type | New Jersey Median | Annualized Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living Facility | $8,710/mo | $104,520/yr |
| Memory Care (Estimated) | $10,888/mo | $130,650/yr |
| In-Home Care (Home Health Aide) | $38/hr | $86,944/yr (44 hrs/wk) |
| Homemaker Services | No data available | No data available |
| Nursing Home (Private Room) | $14,448/mo | $173,376/yr |
| Adult Day Health Care | $100/day | $25,000/yr (5 days/wk) |
New Jersey Medicaid & State Regulation
Check New Jersey Medicaid Eligibility →Understanding state regulations and financial assistance programs helps families make informed, secure long-term care placements across New Jersey.
State Licensing Agency
Senior care facilities and memory care homes are licensed and inspected by the New Jersey Department of Health.
Regular inspections assess staffing ratios, medication administration, sanitation, and resident safety rights.
Medicaid HCBS Waiver
Financial assistance for home care and supportive residential living is provided through the Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS).
Medicaid waivers fund therapeutic and personal care services, though room and board costs typically require private pay.
Cities in New Jersey
Verified provider directory inventory as of September 2026
Toms River
40 licensed providers
Newark
38 licensed providers
Wayne
32 licensed providers
Edison
31 licensed providers
Cherry Hill
30 licensed providers
Marlton
30 licensed providers
Jersey City
28 licensed providers
Brick
27 licensed providers
Lakewood
25 licensed providers
East Orange
23 licensed providers
Elizabeth
23 licensed providers
Paramus
23 licensed providers
Vineland
23 licensed providers
West Orange
23 licensed providers
Hackensack
22 licensed providers
Voorhees
22 licensed providers
Trenton
21 licensed providers
Princeton
20 licensed providers
Camden
19 licensed providers
Englewood
19 licensed providers
Parsippany
19 licensed providers
Morristown
18 licensed providers
Sewell
18 licensed providers
Paterson
17 licensed providers
Freehold
16 licensed providers
Livingston
15 licensed providers
North Bergen
15 licensed providers
Teaneck
15 licensed providers
Somerset
14 licensed providers
Bridgewater
13 licensed providers
Ewing
13 licensed providers
Hamilton
13 licensed providers
Mount Laurel
13 licensed providers
Newton
13 licensed providers
Bayonne
12 licensed providers
Bridgeton
12 licensed providers
Irvington
12 licensed providers
Manalapan
12 licensed providers
Montclair
12 licensed providers
Pennsauken
12 licensed providers
Atlantic City
11 licensed providers
Clifton
11 licensed providers
Flemington
11 licensed providers
Whiting
11 licensed providers
Cranford
10 licensed providers
East Brunswick
10 licensed providers
Hackettstown
10 licensed providers
Jackson
10 licensed providers
Manahawkin
10 licensed providers
Secaucus
10 licensed providers
Cape May Court House
9 licensed providers
Dover
9 licensed providers
Florham Park
9 licensed providers
Lawrenceville
9 licensed providers
Linwood
9 licensed providers
Monroe Township
9 licensed providers
Neptune City
9 licensed providers
New Brunswick
9 licensed providers
Old Bridge
9 licensed providers
Red Bank
9 licensed providers
Woodbury
9 licensed providers
Burlington
8 licensed providers
Cedar Grove
8 licensed providers
Cherry Hill Mall
8 licensed providers
Egg Harbor
8 licensed providers
Fair Lawn
8 licensed providers
Moorestown Township
8 licensed providers
Passaic
8 licensed providers
Piscataway
8 licensed providers
Summit
8 licensed providers
Tinton Falls
8 licensed providers
Union City
8 licensed providers
Westfield
8 licensed providers
Woodland Park
8 licensed providers
Basking Ridge
7 licensed providers
Belmar
7 licensed providers
Bloomfield
7 licensed providers
Carneys Point
7 licensed providers
Hillsborough
7 licensed providers
Iselin
7 licensed providers
Linden
7 licensed providers
Monroe
7 licensed providers
Neptune
7 licensed providers
North Brunswick
7 licensed providers
Plainsboro
7 licensed providers
Rahway
7 licensed providers
Rochelle Park
7 licensed providers
Shrewsbury
7 licensed providers
Somerville
7 licensed providers
Tenafly
7 licensed providers
Berlin
6 licensed providers
Egg Harbor Township
6 licensed providers
Galloway
6 licensed providers
Holmdel
6 licensed providers
Millville
6 licensed providers
Mountainside
6 licensed providers
Orange
6 licensed providers
Perth Amboy
6 licensed providers
Phillipsburg
6 licensed providers
Salem
6 licensed providers
South Plainfield
6 licensed providers
Whippany
6 licensed providers
Belleville
5 licensed providers
Berkeley Heights
5 licensed providers
Clark
5 licensed providers
Haddonfield
5 licensed providers
Hamilton Township
5 licensed providers
Hazlet
5 licensed providers
Holmdel Township
5 licensed providers
Madison
5 licensed providers
Matawan
5 licensed providers
Maywood
5 licensed providers
Northfield
5 licensed providers
Pleasantville
5 licensed providers
Ridgewood
5 licensed providers
Scotch Plains
5 licensed providers
Sicklerville
5 licensed providers
Wall
5 licensed providers
Williamstown
5 licensed providers
Willingboro
5 licensed providers
Woodcliff Lake
5 licensed providers
Allendale
4 licensed providers
Boonton
4 licensed providers
Bordentown
4 licensed providers
Chatham
4 licensed providers
Emerson
4 licensed providers
Hainesport
4 licensed providers
Hoboken
4 licensed providers
Lincoln Park
4 licensed providers
Little EGG Harbor TWP
4 licensed providers
Long Branch
4 licensed providers
Lumberton
4 licensed providers
Maplewood
4 licensed providers
Monmouth Junction
4 licensed providers
Moorestown
4 licensed providers
North Plainfield
4 licensed providers
Parlin
4 licensed providers
Pennington
4 licensed providers
Pennsville
4 licensed providers
Plainfield
4 licensed providers
Pompton Plains
4 licensed providers
Roselle
4 licensed providers
Runnemede
4 licensed providers
West Caldwell
4 licensed providers
Wyckoff
4 licensed providers
Aberdeen Township
3 licensed providers
Asbury Park
3 licensed providers
Atlantic Highlands
3 licensed providers
Audubon
3 licensed providers
Browns Mills
3 licensed providers
Cresskill
3 licensed providers
Delran
3 licensed providers
East Hanover
3 licensed providers
Fieldsboro
3 licensed providers
Glassboro
3 licensed providers
Hammonton
3 licensed providers
Hillsdale
3 licensed providers
Howell
3 licensed providers
Kenilworth
3 licensed providers
Laurel Springs
3 licensed providers
Lyndhurst
3 licensed providers
Mahwah
3 licensed providers
Marlboro
3 licensed providers
Middletown
3 licensed providers
Millburn
3 licensed providers
Morganville
3 licensed providers
Mount Holly
3 licensed providers
North Cape May
3 licensed providers
Norwood
3 licensed providers
Ocean Grove
3 licensed providers
Oradell
3 licensed providers
Palisades Park
3 licensed providers
Park Ridge
3 licensed providers
Randolph
3 licensed providers
Roselle Park
3 licensed providers
Somers Point
3 licensed providers
South Orange
3 licensed providers
Sparta
3 licensed providers
Spotswood
3 licensed providers
Succasunna
3 licensed providers
Warren
3 licensed providers
Watchung
3 licensed providers
West Milford
3 licensed providers
West New York
3 licensed providers
Westwood
3 licensed providers
Woodbridge
3 licensed providers
Woodstown
3 licensed providers
Absecon
2 licensed providers
Andover
2 licensed providers
Atco
2 licensed providers
Bayville
2 licensed providers
Bergenfield
2 licensed providers
Branchburg Township
2 licensed providers
Brooklawn
2 licensed providers
Caldwell
2 licensed providers
Califon
2 licensed providers
Chester Borough
2 licensed providers
Cinnaminson
2 licensed providers
Colonia
2 licensed providers
Cranbury
2 licensed providers
Denville
2 licensed providers
Deptford
2 licensed providers
Dunellen
2 licensed providers
East Windsor
2 licensed providers
Eatontown
2 licensed providers
Elmer
2 licensed providers
Elmwood Park
2 licensed providers
Fairfield
2 licensed providers
Fanwood
2 licensed providers
Forked River
2 licensed providers
Fort Lee
2 licensed providers
Franklin Lakes
2 licensed providers
Franklin Park
2 licensed providers
Galloway Township
2 licensed providers
Hamilton Square
2 licensed providers
Harrison
2 licensed providers
Haskell
2 licensed providers
Hawthorne
2 licensed providers
Highland Park
2 licensed providers
Hillside
2 licensed providers
Jamesburg
2 licensed providers
Keansburg
2 licensed providers
Kearny
2 licensed providers
Lebanon
2 licensed providers
Lincroft
2 licensed providers
Manchester
2 licensed providers
Medford
2 licensed providers
Mendham
2 licensed providers
Metuchen
2 licensed providers
Montville
2 licensed providers
Morris Plains
2 licensed providers
Mullica Hill
2 licensed providers
New Milford
2 licensed providers
Ocean View
2 licensed providers
Parsippany Troy Hill
2 licensed providers
Paulsboro
2 licensed providers
Penns Grove
2 licensed providers
Pitman
2 licensed providers
Ramsey
2 licensed providers
Rio Grande
2 licensed providers
Riverton
2 licensed providers
Rockaway
2 licensed providers
Roseland
2 licensed providers
Rutherford
2 licensed providers
Saddle Brook
2 licensed providers
Stratford
2 licensed providers
Swedesboro
2 licensed providers
Teterboro
2 licensed providers
Totowa
2 licensed providers
Township Of Washington
2 licensed providers
Turnersville
2 licensed providers
Upper Montclair
2 licensed providers
Upper Saddle River
2 licensed providers
Wall Township
2 licensed providers
Wenonah
2 licensed providers
Aberdeen
1 licensed provider
Allentown
1 licensed provider
Allenwood
1 licensed provider
Barnegat
1 licensed provider
Bedminster
1 licensed provider
Belford
1 licensed provider
Belle Mead
1 licensed provider
Belvidere
1 licensed provider
Bernardsville
1 licensed provider
Blackwood
1 licensed provider
Blairstown
1 licensed provider
Bloomingdale
1 licensed provider
Bogota
1 licensed provider
Bound Brook
1 licensed provider
Branchville
1 licensed provider
Brick Township
1 licensed provider
Budd Lake
1 licensed provider
Cape May
1 licensed provider
Carlstadt
1 licensed provider
Cedar Knolls
1 licensed provider
Chester
1 licensed provider
Chester Township
1 licensed provider
Clarksboro
1 licensed provider
Cliffside Park
1 licensed provider
Cliffwood
1 licensed provider
Clinton
1 licensed provider
Collingswood
1 licensed provider
Colts Neck Township
1 licensed provider
East Amwell
1 licensed provider
Edgewater
1 licensed provider
Englishtown
1 licensed provider
Evesboro
1 licensed provider
Fairview
1 licensed provider
FAR Hills
1 licensed provider
Farmingdale
1 licensed provider
Flanders
1 licensed provider
Florence
1 licensed provider
Franklin
1 licensed provider
Franklin Township
1 licensed provider
Glen Ridge
1 licensed provider
Glen Rock
1 licensed provider
Guttenberg
1 licensed provider
Haddon Heights
1 licensed provider
Haledon
1 licensed provider
Hewitt
1 licensed provider
Highlands Park
1 licensed provider
Hillsboroug
1 licensed provider
Hillsborough Township
1 licensed provider
Kenvil
1 licensed provider
Lafayette
1 licensed provider
Lake Mohawk
1 licensed provider
Lawrence Township
1 licensed provider
Little Ferry
1 licensed provider
Lodi
1 licensed provider
Manasquan
1 licensed provider
Mantua Township
1 licensed provider
Maple Shade
1 licensed provider
Mercerville
1 licensed provider
Midland Park
1 licensed provider
Milltown
1 licensed provider
Montgomery
1 licensed provider
Montvale
1 licensed provider
Mount Arlington
1 licensed provider
Mountain Lakes
1 licensed provider
New Providence
1 licensed provider
North Haledon
1 licensed provider
Northvale
1 licensed provider
Nutley
1 licensed provider
Oakhurst
1 licensed provider
Ocean
1 licensed provider
Ocean City
1 licensed provider
Oceanport
1 licensed provider
Old Tappan
1 licensed provider
Oxford
1 licensed provider
Peapack
1 licensed provider
Pemberton
1 licensed provider
Pequannock
1 licensed provider
Pine Brook
1 licensed provider
Pittsgrove
1 licensed provider
Pittstown
1 licensed provider
Plainsboro Township
1 licensed provider
Point Pleasant
1 licensed provider
Point Pleasant Beach
1 licensed provider
Pomona
1 licensed provider
Princeton Junction
1 licensed provider
Prospect Park
1 licensed provider
Raritan
1 licensed provider
Ridgefield
1 licensed provider
River Vale
1 licensed provider
Riverdale
1 licensed provider
Robbinsville
1 licensed provider
Rockleigh
1 licensed provider
Rockleigh Northvale
1 licensed provider
Saddle River
1 licensed provider
Seaside Park
1 licensed provider
Sewall
1 licensed provider
Ship Bottom
1 licensed provider
Short Hills
1 licensed provider
South Amboy
1 licensed provider
South Brunswick
1 licensed provider
South River
1 licensed provider
Sparta Township
1 licensed provider
Spring Lake
1 licensed provider
Stanhope
1 licensed provider
Stone Harbor
1 licensed provider
Swainton
1 licensed provider
Union
1 licensed provider
Union Township
1 licensed provider
Vauxhall
1 licensed provider
Ventnor City
1 licensed provider
Vernon
1 licensed provider
Verona
1 licensed provider
Waldwick
1 licensed provider
Waretown
1 licensed provider
Washington Township
1 licensed provider
Weehawken
1 licensed provider
West Atlantic City
1 licensed provider
West Deptford
1 licensed provider
West Trenton
1 licensed provider
Westampton
1 licensed provider
Westville
1 licensed provider
Frequently Asked Questions
How many licensed senior care facilities operate in New Jersey?
The families.care verified directory tracks 1,868 licensed senior care providers across 376 cities in New Jersey as of September 2026. This includes assisted living communities, dedicated memory care facilities, skilled nursing homes, and licensed home health agencies.
What is the cost of senior living in New Jersey?
The CareScout 2025 survey reports median assisted living in New Jersey is $8,710 per month. In-home care aides average $38 per hour, and nursing homes average $173,376 annually for private rooms.
Who regulates assisted living and nursing homes in New Jersey?
Senior living facilities in New Jersey are regulated and inspected by the New Jersey Department of Health. Inspection reports, safety audits, and violation records are public records that families should consult prior to admission.
Can New Jersey Medicaid help pay for senior care?
Yes. In New Jersey, Medicaid covers skilled nursing home care for medically and financially qualified individuals. For seniors seeking home or community care, New Jersey provides Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers, such as the Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS). These programs help cover personal care and supportive services.
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How we research and verify this information
Our team compiles this listing from public records and provider data, and reviews it against authoritative sources. Read our editorial standards and research methodology.
Editorial review by John Richie, Senior Care Research Editor.
- Cost of Care Survey (2025)Publisher: CareScout. Supports: General senior-care planning information. Last checked: 2026-08-15.
- Skilled nursing facility coveragePublisher: Medicare.gov. Supports: General senior-care planning information. Last checked: 2026-08-15.
- Medicaid coverage and eligibilityPublisher: Medicaid.gov. Supports: General senior-care planning information. Last checked: 2026-07-10.
- Long-term-care guidance for familiesPublisher: National Institute on Aging. Supports: General senior-care planning information. Last checked: 2026-07-10.
- VA Aid and Attendance eligibilityPublisher: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Supports: General senior-care planning information. Last checked: 2026-08-15.