There are 17 memory care communities serving Drexel, North Carolina. This includes 1 community in Drexel and 16 nearby. The median cost per day for memory care in North Carolina is about $142, with costs running between $53 and $382 daily. On a per month basis, this equates to a mean expenditure of $4,263, with costs ranging from around $1,595 to $11,447. The median yearly cost is $51,156, which is below the national average of $60,900.
The cost of dementia care in Drexel, NC ranges from as little as $3,713 per month all the way up to $9,578 per month. The average cost is about $4,950 per month, or around $59,400 yearly.
Drexel is a small municipality in Burke County, North Carolina. It is included in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metropolitan area. Though the surrounding metropolitan area contains 287,467 inhabitants, there are just 1,520 residing in the city itself. The senior community currently constitutes 34% of the overall population.
The SeniorScore™ for Drexel is 73. The city's median household income is $35,000 ($17,000 on a per capita basis), compared to the average of $41,000 for the whole of North Carolina. The median home price in Drexel is $135,000, which is lower than the state average of $204,000. Drexel also has a moderate unemployment rate of approximately 5.99%.
Drexel has mild mean temperatures, with comfortable winters and warm summers. The city gets very high levels of precipitation annually. Drexel has below average air quality and a very low crime rate in comparison to other cities in the United States.