There are 19 independent living communities serving Richmond Hill, New York. This includes 1 community in Richmond Hill and 18 nearby. The costs per day of independent living in New York range from $22 to $191, with a mean expense running approximately $68. The per month cost averages around $2,026 and ranges between $669 and $5,727. Yearly, the average cost is about $24,312, which is higher than the national average of $23,100.
Independent living costs in Richmond Hill, NY range from $1,804 per month to $5,528 per month, with an average cost of about $3,823 per month. That equates to an annual cost of around $45,870.
Richmond Hill is a small city in New York. It is located in Queens County and is part of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metro statistical area. The surrounding statistical area includes 9,544,861 inhabitants, but there are 36,256 living within the city itself. Around 20% of the residents are 55 and over.
Richmond Hill has an average SeniorScore™ of 67. The city's median household income is $58,000 ($22,000 on a per capita basis), versus the average of $62,000 for the entire state of New York. The median home price in Richmond Hill is $640,500, which is much more than the New York average of $328,500. Richmond Hill also has a high unemployment rate of roughly 10.77%.
Richmond Hill has tolerable average temperatures, with comfortable winters and calm summers. The city receives average amounts of precipitation each year. Richmond Hill has below average air quality and average water quality in relation to other cities in the US.