There are 20 nursing homes serving Essex, Connecticut. This includes 1 in Essex and 19 nearby. Nursing home care costs in Connecticut range from about $266 to $550 per day, with an average expenditure running around $390. The monthly expense averages roughly $11,700 and ranges between $7,980 and $16,500. On a yearly basis, the median cost is around $142,168, which is above the national average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Essex, CT generally range from about $350 per day to $476 per day, with an average cost of around $440 per day. This equates to an annual cost of about $160,600.
Essex is a municipality in Middlesex County, Connecticut. It is part of the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area. Though the city includes only 3,245 inhabitants, the encompassing metropolitan area has a total population of 990,086. The 55-and-over community currently comprises about 50% of the overall population.
Essex has an outstanding SeniorScore™ of 80. The city has a median per capita income of $81,000 and a median household income is $98,000 (the Connecticut state average is $79,000). The current unemployment rate is approximately 4.4% and the average home price is $780,000, which is much higher than the Connecticut average of $456,000.
Essex has moderate average temperatures, with moderate winters and mildly warm summers. The area gets heavy amounts of rainfall each year. Essex has subpar air quality ratings and better than average water quality ratings in relation to other American cities.