There are 20 nursing homes serving Palmerton, Pennsylvania. This includes 1 in Palmerton and 19 nearby. The median cost per day of nursing home care in Pennsylvania is approximately $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 around $4,800 up to $13,500. The median annual cost is $99,196, which is over the US average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Palmerton, PA range from about $240 per day up to $428 per day, with an average cost of about $382 per day. This equates to a yearly cost of around $139,550.
Located within Carbon County, Palmerton is a small city in the State of Pennsylvania. It is included in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metropolitan statistical area. The surrounding statistical area includes 605,195 people, but there are 10,578 residing within the city. Residents 55 and over comprise about 29% of the community.
Palmerton has an average SeniorScore™ of 66. The mean home price in the city is $196,500, which is less than the Pennsylvania average of $213,000. Palmerton also has a moderate unemployment rate of approximately 5.03%. The city's mean household income is $51,000 ($24,000 on a per capita basis), versus the average of $51,000 for the whole of Pennsylvania.
Palmerton has moderate average temperatures, with moderate winters and mildly warm summers. The city receives average levels of rain each year. Palmerton has a lower than average rate of crime and very low air quality compared to other American cities.