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In-Home Care in North Carolina

North Carolina has 2,995 licensed in-home care agencies listed on ElderCareCosts across 776 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $5,720/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

2,995 licensed in-home care agencies listed.

Cost of in-home care in North Carolina

Median monthly price, North Carolina

$5,720/mo

Modeled range $5,460 – $6,217 how this range is derived

● North Carolina $5,720 ○ National median $6,769

Published survey median · 2025

Median costs for in-home care versus North Carolina 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.

In-Home Care cost comparison (2025)
In-Home CareNorth CarolinaNational
25th percentile$5,460/mo$6,221/mo
Median$5,720/mo$6,769/mo
75th percentile$6,217/mo$7,627/mo

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Source: Published survey median · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

What home care really costs by the hour

Hourly math uses the survey standard of 44 hrs/week when a sourced in-home monthly median is published for this city. We do not invent an hourly rate before that figure exists.

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.

North Carolina licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for North Carolina are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in North Carolina

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

North 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.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in North Carolina

Showing the 500 largest of 776 tracked cities.

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Counties in North Carolina

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 in-home care providers each county holds.

All 80 North Carolina counties

In-Home Care providers in North Carolina

Sample of licensed in-home care agencies listed for North Carolina. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many in-home care agencies are listed in North Carolina?

We currently list 2995 licensed in-home care agencies across North Carolina.

Which cities in North Carolina have in-home care listings?

We track 776 North Carolina cities for in-home care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in North Carolina: 2,995 added · 2,834 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, in-home care in North Carolina costs $5,720/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). In-Home Care in North Carolina. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/in-home-care/north-carolina/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "In-Home Care in North Carolina." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/in-home-care/north-carolina/.

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