Assisted Living in Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville, MA has 3 licensed assisted living communities listed on ElderCareCosts. The median estimated cost is $9,595/mo. That's roughly in line with the Massachusetts state median. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.
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● Somerville $9,595 ○ National median $6,230
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What senior care costs in Somerville
Somerville figures as of 2025. Method and sources below.
Median costs for assisted living in Somerville versus Massachusetts and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes.
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What home care really costs by the hour
The $7,623 monthly figure assumes 44 hours of care a week. The survey standard. At Somerville's implied rate of about $40 an hour:
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Ways families typically pay
- Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
- Long-term care insurance
- VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
- Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state
Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.
Nearby: Cambridge $9,595 · Medford $9,595 · Everett $9,595 · Malden $9,595 · Chelsea $9,595
What can you afford?
Every family starts with a number. Here's what different monthly budgets realistically cover in Somerville, grounded in local medians on this page.
Part-time home care or entry assisted living
Assisted living with room to spare
Nursing care or heavy home-care schedules
Every licensed assisted living community: 3
A note on counting: we show 3 licensed assisted living communities listed for Somerville proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.
How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.
Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.
Looking for a transparent sort by CMS stars, inspection records, and staffing? That is a separate data ranking, not an editorial pick.
Most listings publish no price. The Somerville assisted living median is $9,595/mo, an estimate; ask each community for its own number in writing.
Vna Senior Living - Highland Avenue Campus
Visiting Nurse Assisted Living
Visiting Nurse Senior Living Community
Sponsored placements, when they appear, are always labeled. How we make money →
In the last 365 days: 8 newly licensed. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not a complete state registry dump.
Free local help worth saving
Somerville has an estimated population of 81,036. About 8,108 residents (10%) are age 65 or older. Somerville is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The median household income is $132,572. Our directory currently lists 3 licensed assisted living communities in Somerville. Estimated median cost in Somerville is $9,595 per month, compared with $9,600 per month statewide in Massachusetts.
Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOVThese services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.
- Massachusetts Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
State LTC Ombudsman - Massachusetts State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org
State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).
Medicare counseling (SHIP) - Mass Options1-844-422-6277massoptions.org
Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.
State aging agency - Jamaica Plain VA Medical Centerva.gov
VA Medical Center in Boston.
VA open data - Frail Elder WaiverOfficial program page
Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.
State Medicaid program
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →
Questions families ask
How many assisted living communities are listed in Somerville, MA?
We currently list 3 licensed assisted living communities in Somerville, MA.
Is assisted living in Somerville more expensive than the rest of Massachusetts?
Somerville's median assisted living cost is about 0% lower than the Massachusetts state median.
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Trust & methodology
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, assisted living in Somerville, MA costs $9,595/month (median).
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Assisted Living in Somerville, MA. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/massachusetts/somerville/
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