There are 20 nursing homes serving Saluda, North Carolina. This includes 1 in Saluda and 19 nearby. The costs per day for nursing home care in North Carolina range from $130 up to $283, with a mean expenditure running about $203. The monthly expense averages about $6,090 and ranges between $3,900 and $8,490. Yearly, the mean cost is about $73,913, which is under the nationwide average of $77,380.
Saluda is a small municipality in Polk County, North Carolina. The encompassing metropolitan area contains 2,068,612 inhabitants, but there are only 3,378 living within the city. About 43% of the local residents are over the age of 55.
The SeniorScore™ for Saluda is 84. The city has a median per capita income of $32,000 and a median household income is $46,000 (the North Carolina state average is $41,000). The average home price in Saluda is $376,500, which is much higher than the state average of $204,000. The city also has a high unemployment rate of about 12.69%.
Saluda has mild mean temperatures, with comfortable winters and temperate summers. The city gets very heavy levels of rainfall annually. Saluda has average air quality ratings when compared to other cities in the United States.