Assisted Living Communities in Bronx, New York

Bronx seniors typically pay more for assisted living than those who live in cities further from the metropolitan area, including Poughkeepsie and Kingston, north of New York City. Seniors in the Bronx pay almost $1,000 more than those in Poughkeepsie and just over $1,200 more than those in Kingston. In neighboring states, however, seniors living in Bridgeport, Connecticut, pay over $500 more per month, and those in Trenton, New Jersey, pay nearly $2,400 more for assisted living services. 

Seniors who live in the Bronx pay a monthly average of $5,750 for assisted living care, which is higher than the cost of assisted living at the state and national levels by approximately $1,200 per month. 

While many families use their own funds or personal assets to pay for assisted living, there are plenty of additional options to cover these costs. Some additional ways to finance assisted living costs include:

• Veterans Benefits
• Life Insurance Policy
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Reverse Mortgage

For more information about different ways to finance assisted living, visit our Assisted Living in New York page.

When comparing the cost of assisted living with that of other types of senior care, assisted living care in the Bronx sits somewhere in the middle. It’s $3,800 more per month than the cost of staying in an adult day health care program and approximately $200 more per month than in-home care. Home health care is a little closer in cost to assisted living services, as it offers care focused on medical treatments instead of cleaning or household management. Still, assisted living is $30 more per month. Comparing assisted living care to skilled nursing care, however, a semiprivate room in a nursing home costs approximately $12,500 each month for seniors in the Bronx — $6,700 more per month than assisted living care.