There are 20 retirement homes serving Essex, Maryland. This includes 1 in Essex and 19 nearby. The daily costs of retirment home living in Maryland range from $17 up to $161, with a median expense running around $62. The per month expense averages about $1,870 and ranges between $495 and $4,840. On a yearly basis, the mean cost is around $22,440, which is under the nationwide average of $23,100.
Retirement home living costs in Essex generally range from about $963 per month up to $4,423 per month, with an average cost of about $2,090 per month. That equates to an annual cost of $25,080.
Essex is a small city in Baltimore County within the State of Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore-Towson metropolitan statistical area. The encompassing metro area contains 2,138,507 people, but there are 42,154 residing within the city limits. Residents 55 and over compose approximately 26% of the total population.
Essex has an above average SeniorScore™ of 74. The city has an average per capita income of $25,000. The median household income is $50,000 in comparison to an average of $75,000 for the state of Maryland. The current unemployment rate is approximately 9.27% and the median home price is $292,500, which is much less than the Maryland average of $450,000.
Essex has mild average temperatures, with very mild winters and mildly warm summers. The city gets high levels of precipitation annually. Essex has lower than average air quality and lower than average water quality ratings in relation to other cities.