There are 11 retirement homes serving Portage, Michigan. This includes 1 in Portage and 10 nearby. Retirement home care costs in Michigan range from around $14 up to $144 per day, with an average cost running around $59. The per month cost averages around $1,760 and ranges between $412 and $4,317. Annually, the average cost is around $21,120, which is below the national average of $23,100.
Retirement home care costs in Portage can range from around $633 per month up to $2,420 per month, with a median cost of around $1,712 per month. This equates to an annual cost of about $20,543.
Portage is a small city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It is part of the Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan statistical area. Though the encompassing metro area has 252,978 people, there are 47,338 living in the city itself. About 26% of the residents are 55 and over.
The SeniorScore™ for Portage is 75. The city has a median per capita income of $30,000. The median household income is $57,000 versus an average of $46,000 for the entire state of Michigan. The current unemployment rate is roughly 10.18% and the median housing price is $142,500, which is somewhat lower than the Michigan average of $177,000.
Portage has extreme average temperatures, with tolerable winters and mildly warm summers. The city gets average amounts of rain annually. Portage has low air quality ratings and a lower than average rate of crime in relation to other cities in the US.