There are 20 nursing homes serving Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. This includes 2 in Fort Washington and 18 nearby. The daily costs of nursing home care in Pennsylvania range from $160 to $450, with a mean cost running about $272. The per month expense averages around $8,160 and ranges between $4,800 and $13,500. Yearly, the mean cost is about $99,196, which is above the US average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Fort Washington, PA can range from $155 per day up to $420 per day, with a median cost of approximately $350 per day. This equates to an annual cost of about $127,750.
Fort Washington is a small city in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan statistical area. The encompassing metropolitan area contains 3,156,762 inhabitants, but there are 5,999 within the city. Those who are 55 and over comprise approximately 33% of the total population.
Fort Washington has an excellent SeniorScore™ of 88. The city has a mean per capita income of $54,000 and a mean household income is $105,000 (the Pennsylvania state average is $51,000). The median home price in Fort Washington is $235,500, which is higher than the state average of $213,000. The city also has a low unemployment rate of about 3.42%.
Fort Washington has moderate average temperatures, with moderate winters and pleasant summers. The city gets heavy levels of rainfall each year. In relation to other cities in the United States, Fort Washington has below average water quality ratings and below average air quality ratings.