North Carolina has 1095 licensed assisted living communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 500 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $6,496/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.
1,095 licensed assisted living communities listed · 2 with CMS star ratings.
Median monthly price, North Carolina
$6,496/mo
Modeled range $6,201 – $7,060 how this range is derived
● North Carolina $6,496 ○ National median $6,230
Modeled median costs for assisted living versus North Carolina and a multi-state national aggregate. Figures are estimates, not quotes.
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Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.
CMS overall star ratings for 2 assisted living communities in North Carolina. We do not re-rank these scores.
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services — DHSR Adult Care Licensure Section licenses and inspects assisted living communities in North Carolina. Before you sign anything, look up the community's license status and past complaints on the state's own site, not a marketing page.
Home care agencies are licensed separately by DHSR (hclist.xlsx), and CCRCs are licensed by the NC Department of Insurance, not DHSR.
Source: State licensing agency.GOVNorth Carolina Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in North Carolina resolve concerns about care and rights.
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Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOVNamed programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We do not list eligibility dollar amounts or wait lists unless a primary source is cited in a later pass.
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County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many assisted living providers each county holds.
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We currently list 1095 licensed assisted living communities across North Carolina.
We track 500 North Carolina cities for assisted living. See the city list on this page for options near you.
Past 60 days in North Carolina: 1,095 added · 1,544 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.
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Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, assisted living in North Carolina costs $6,496/month (median).
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Assisted Living in North Carolina. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/north-carolina/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Assisted Living in North Carolina." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/north-carolina/.
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