There are 20 retirement homes serving Wilmington, Delaware. This includes 4 in Wilmington and 16 nearby. The costs per day of retirement home care in Delaware range from $55 to $108, with an average cost running approximately $101. The per month cost averages roughly $3,025 and ranges between $1,647 and $3,250. On an annual basis, the average cost is around $36,300, which is above the nationwide average of $23,100.
The cost of retirement home living in Wilmington generally ranges from as little as $578 per month up to $6,188 per month. The median cost is approximately $2,687 per month, or around $32,244 annually.
Wilmington is a mid-size city in New Castle County in Delaware. It is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro statistical area. It is the biggest city in the state. The surrounding area is home to 429,911 people, but there are 215,619 within the city itself. Residents over the age of 55 make up 28% of the population.
The SeniorScore™ for Wilmington is 78. The city has a median per capita income of $35,000 and a median household income is $64,000 (the Delaware state average is $57,000). The current unemployment rate is approximately 8.38% and the median housing price is $157,500, which is much lower than the Delaware average of $349,500.
Wilmington has moderate mean temperatures, with comfortable winters and pleasant summers. The city gets average amounts of precipitation each year. Wilmington has a very high crime rate, lower than average water quality, and very low air quality in relation to similarly-sized cities.