There are 20 nursing homes serving Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. This includes 2 in Mountain Top and 18 nearby. The mean daily cost for nursing home care in Pennsylvania is approximately $272, with costs running between $160 and $450 daily. On a monthly basis, this equates to a mean expenditure of $8,160, with costs ranging from around $4,800 up to $13,500. The mean annual cost is $99,196, which is over the national average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Mountain Top can range from about $235 per day to $388 per day, with an average cost of about $280 per day. That equates to an annual cost of about $102,200.
Mountain Top is a small city in Luzerne County within the State of Pennsylvania. It is included in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre metropolitan statistical area. While the surrounding metro area is home to 447,866 inhabitants, there are 15,557 residing within the city limits. People who are over the age of 55 represent 29% of the community.
The SeniorScore™ for Mountain Top is 73. The city's median household income is $75,000 ($33,000 per person), vs the average of $51,000 for the state of Pennsylvania. The median home price in Mountain Top is $285,000, which is somewhat higher than the state average of $213,000. Mountain Top also has an average unemployment rate of around 5.66%.
Mountain Top has harsh mean temperatures, with bitterly cold winters and mildly warm summers. The area receives large amounts of rain annually. In relation to other American cities, Mountain Top has above average air quality.