There are 33 retirement homes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retirement home living costs in Pennsylvania range from around $17 up to $141 per day, with an average expenditure running about $60. The monthly expense averages around $1,804 and ranges between $508 and $4,222. Yearly, the mean cost is around $21,648, which is under the nationwide average of $23,100.
Retirement home care costs in Philadelphia, PA typically range from $578 per month up to $6,188 per month, with a median cost of around $2,687 per month. That equates to a yearly cost of about $32,244.
Philadelphia is a large city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan statistical area. With 1,526,206 residents living in the city limits and 3,156,762 in the surrounding statistical area, it is the biggest city in Pennsylvania. The 55-and-over community currently comprises around 23% of the total population.
Philadelphia has a medium SeniorScore™ of 63. The city's average household income is $38,000 ($22,000 per capita), compared to the average of $51,000 for the whole of Pennsylvania. The average housing price in Philadelphia is $145,500, which is less than the state average of $213,000. Philadelphia has a high unemployment rate of around 13.96%.
Philadelphia has medium average temperatures, with comfortable winters and mildly warm summers. The area receives heavy amounts of rain each year. In relation to other cities in the United States, Philadelphia has very poor air quality, low water quality ratings, and a very high crime rate.