There are 20 nursing homes serving Salem, New Jersey. This includes 1 in Salem and 19 nearby. The costs per day for nursing home care in New Jersey range from $159 to $401, with an average expense running about $300. The monthly expense averages about $9,000 and ranges between $4,770 and $12,030. Annually, the median cost is around $109,500, which is higher than the national average of $77,380.
Nursing home care costs in Salem, NJ range from $155 per day up to $420 per day, with a median cost of about $350 per day. This equates to an annual cost of about $127,750.
Salem is a small city in Salem County in the State of New Jersey. It is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan statistical area. Though the city has 10,987 inhabitants, the encompassing area includes a total population of 1,094,871. The 55+ community represents 29% of the overall population.
Salem has a moderate SeniorScore™ of 62. The city has a median per capita income of $24,000. The mean household income is $47,000 vs an average of $84,000 for the whole of New Jersey. The current unemployment rate is around 18.48% and the mean housing price is $259,500, which is significantly lower than the New Jersey average of $547,500.
Salem has moderate average temperatures, with comfortable winters and calm summers. The area gets heavy levels of rain annually. Salem has a very high rate of crime, below average water quality ratings, and very low air quality ratings compared to other cities in the US.