There are 20 memory care communities serving New Castle, Delaware. This includes 1 community in New Castle and 19 nearby. The costs per day for dementia care in Delaware range from $145 up to $286, with an average expenditure running approximately $266. The monthly cost averages about $7,975 and ranges between $4,342 and $8,569. Annually, the average cost is about $95,700, which is higher than the US average of $60,900.
Costs of Alzheimers care in New Castle generally range between $1,733 per month and $18,563 per month. The median cost is about $8,062 per month, or about $96,733 per year.
New Castle is a medium sized city in New Castle County within Delaware. It is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area. With 429,911 inhabitants in the surrounding statistical area and 59,250 residing in the city limits, it is the fourth biggest city in the state. Around 23% of the residents are over the age of 55.
The SeniorScore™ for New Castle is 72. The mean housing price in the city is $142,500, which is much lower than the Delaware average of $349,500. New Castle also has a high unemployment rate of around 10.86%. The city's mean household income is $53,000 ($23,000 per capita), versus an average of $57,000 for the state of Delaware.
New Castle has medium average temperatures, with comfortable winters and mildly warm summers. The city receives average amounts of rainfall annually. Compared to other cities in the US, New Castle has a lower than average crime rate, below average water quality ratings, and very low air quality ratings.