There are 20 hospice facilities serving Newtown, Connecticut. This includes 2 facilities in Newtown and 18 nearby. The median daily cost for hospice in Connecticut is about $153, with costs ranging between $111 and $200 daily. On a monthly basis, this equates to an average expenditure of $4,590, with costs ranging from about $3,330 up to $6,000. The median yearly cost is $55,080, which is the same as the US average of $55,080.
Located in Fairfield County, Newtown is a small city in Connecticut. It is part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metropolitan statistical area. While the encompassing area has 751,636 people, there are 16,003 residing within the city. Approximately 27% of the population are over the age of 55.
The SeniorScore™ for Newtown is 77. The city's mean household income is $118,000 ($47,000 per person), in comparison to the average of $79,000 for the entire state of Connecticut. The mean housing price in Newtown is $646,500, which is somewhat higher than the Connecticut average of $456,000. Newtown also has a moderate unemployment rate of roughly 5.58%.
Newtown has extreme average temperatures, with cold winters and calm summers. The area gets heavy levels of precipitation annually. Newtown has a very low rate of crime, better than average water quality ratings, and very poor air quality compared to other cities.