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Compare Cities

Pick two or three cities and see every priced care type side by side, using the same published medians as our city and state cost pages. Missing figures stay blank; we do not invent them.

Example comparison

Los Angeles, CA vs. Houston, TX

Two of our largest tier-1 cities, in different states, so the gap in the table below reflects real regional differences in wages and real estate rather than a cherry-picked pair. A dash means we do not have a published median for that care type in that city yet, not that the care type is unavailable there. Choose your own cities above to compare markets that matter to your family.

Monthly median cost by care type: Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX
Care typeLos Angeles, CAHouston, TX
In-Home Care$7,525/mo$5,414/mo
Home Health Care$7,525/mo$5,414/mo
Assisted Living$6,906/mo$5,363/mo
Memory Care$8,633/mo$6,704/mo
Independent Living
Nursing Homes$12,004/mo$5,326/mo
Adult Day Care$2,010/mo$1,846/mo
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC)

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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.

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