There are 20 nursing homes serving Lehighton, Pennsylvania. This includes 2 in Lehighton and 18 nearby. The mean cost per day for nursing home care in Pennsylvania is $272, with costs ranging between $160 and $450 daily. On a monthly basis, this equates to a median cost of $8,160, with costs ranging from about $4,800 up to $13,500. The mean annual cost is $99,196, which is above the national average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Lehighton, PA generally range from about $240 per day to $428 per day, with an average cost of around $382 per day. That equates to a yearly cost of about $139,550.
Lehighton is a small city in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is included in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metropolitan statistical area. While the city contains 19,353 residents, the surrounding metro area contains a populace of 605,195. Those who are over 55 make up around 32% of the total population.
The SeniorScore™ for Lehighton is 72. The city has a median per capita income of $25,000. The mean household income is $51,000 in comparison to an average of $51,000 for the entire state of Pennsylvania. The current unemployment rate is around 6.53% and the mean housing price is $253,500, which is somewhat higher than the state average of $213,000.
Lehighton has moderate mean temperatures, with moderate winters and calm summers. The area gets average levels of rain annually. Lehighton has above average air quality ratings and a moderate crime rate in relation to other cities in the US.