There are 20 nursing homes serving Sanford, Maine. This includes 1 in Sanford and 19 nearby. The daily costs for nursing home care in Maine range from $208 up to $366, with an average expenditure running around $275. The per month cost averages around $8,250 and ranges between $6,240 and $10,980. Yearly, the average cost is around $100,375, which is greater than the nationwide average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Sanford range from around $280 per day to $443 per day, with an average cost of about $352 per day. That equates to an annual cost of about $128,480.
Sanford is a small city in York County within the State of Maine. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan statistical area. While the encompassing metropolitan area includes 431,997 residents, there are 16,189 living in the city itself. Around 28% of the residents are 55 and over.
Sanford has an average SeniorScore™ of 60. The city's median household income is $44,000 ($22,000 per person), compared to an average of $47,000 for the state of Maine. The median home price in Sanford is $261,000, which is somewhat higher than the Maine average of $253,500. The city has an average unemployment rate of around 7.44%.
Sanford has very harsh mean temperatures, with bitterly cold winters and mildly warm summers. The area gets large levels of precipitation each year. In relation to other cities, Sanford has an average crime rate and very good air quality.