There are 5 hospice facilities serving Lucedale, Mississippi. This includes 1 facility in Lucedale and 4 nearby. The costs per day of hospice care in Mississippi range from $111 up to $200, with a mean expenditure running around $153. The per month cost averages around $4,590 and ranges between $3,330 and $6,000. On a yearly basis, the median cost is around $55,080, which is the same as the nationwide average of $55,080.
Lucedale is a small city in George County in the State of Mississippi. It is part of the Pascagoula metro area. Though the surrounding metropolitan area includes 120,419 residents, there are 26,964 within the city. Residents who are 55 and over compose about 24% of the total population.
The SeniorScore™ for Lucedale is 66. The median housing price in the city is $145,500, which is somewhat higher than the state average of $114,000. Lucedale has a high unemployment rate of roughly 10.45%. The city's median household income is $47,000 ($21,000 per capita), in comparison to the average of $34,000 for the entire state of Mississippi.
Lucedale has ideal average temperatures, with very mild winters and very warm summers. The area gets very large levels of precipitation each year. In relation to other cities, Lucedale has better than average air quality.