There are 7 residential care homes serving Alton, Illinois. This includes 1 in Alton and 6 nearby. The mean cost / day of senior residential care in Illinois is $95, with costs ranging between $26 and $163 daily. On a per month basis, this equates to a median expenditure of $2,854, with costs ranging from around $786 up to $4,875. The mean yearly cost is $34,241, which is higher than the nationwide average of $31,500.
The cost of residential care in Alton can range from about $1,372 per month all the way up to $6,375 per month. The average cost is $2,753 per month, or around $33,030 per year.
Located within Madison County, Alton is a small city in the State of Illinois. It is included in the St. Louis metropolitan statistical area. The surrounding metropolitan area includes 565,619 inhabitants, but there are 32,704 living within the city itself. People who are over 55 comprise approximately 27% of the total population.
Alton has an above average SeniorScore™ of 74. The average housing price in the city is $141,000, which is relatively lower than the Illinois average of $187,500. Alton also has a high unemployment rate of around 9.35%. The city's average household income is $40,000 ($22,000 per capita), compared to an average of $54,000 for the state of Illinois.
Alton has tolerable mean temperatures, with comfortable winters and calm summers. The area gets average amounts of precipitation annually. Compared to other cities in the United States, Alton has a higher than average crime rate, very good water quality, and very poor air quality.