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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Arlington Heights, IL

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The cost of independent living in Arlington Heights is about $3,412 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 575 options.

Read 14893 reviews, see photos, and learn about amenities that make independent living the ideal next step for adults 55+ who wish to enjoy friendships and hobbies without the hassle of cooking and home maintenance. You may also consider nearby communities such as Chicago, Highland Park and Crystal Lake.

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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Bloomingdale Horizon Independent Living for Seniors...a social life in full swing. There's a sing-along in the game room...a barbecue on the patio...an easy chair in the library calling your name.  At Bloomingdale Horizon, it's how we celebrate the fine art of living!  Here you can...
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Liberty Towers in Libertyville, Lake County, IL is set in a picturesque scene away from most of the hustle and bustle of town. It offers a variety of apartments rather than simply a room in a traditional senior apartment and provides you with all the comforts of home in a community setting where...
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Robineau Residence, nestled in a residential neighborhood in Skokie, is home to 24 older adults, who enjoy a family-like setting while maintaining their own independence. With a warm, homey atmosphere, residents enjoy the companionship of others. Four private bedrooms, each with its own bathroom,...
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Very nice apartment living. Advertised as a no smoking building, but smokers congregate at front door, well within the required 15 b feet. No participation in the community by management. Love the...
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Tucked away in one of Evanston's quiet residential neighborhoods, Three Crowns Park is a continuing care retirement community on a beautiful 7-acre piece of property.  We are a not-for-profit community whose mission is to provide high quality retirement housing and health care options that...
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It was great, just more of an apartment than anything else. They serve six dinners a week. My mom was falling all the time and we should have had her in a different facility the whole time. She wasn't eating...
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Everything is going great since my move here. The place is very comfortable and everyone is very nice. I am one of the youngest people here, and they don't have any activities. They have some meals provided...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Liberty Arms, Lake County's newest senior living community, has been designed to address the social and economical needs for its senior residents, age 55 and older. Liberty Arms offers seniors a maintenance-free lifestyle opportunity with an array of support services as well as luxurious and...
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My mother had Alzheimer's. She stayed at The Vines. First I should say that the owners are personal friends of mine for over 40 years. But don't write off my review. The owners are not some big...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Museum Residences on Oak (Fall 2020)
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of Shore Line Place
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Melrose Commons
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Senate Apartments
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Windsor Park Rehab is the best facility by far, staff is so genuinely caring and their team is always available to speak to family at all times, always keeping you updated on your loved ones. Will highly...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
A nationally accredited lifecare retirement community set on an impeccably manicured 60-acre campus, Windsor Park Manor offers the tranquility and charm of a country home. We offer the largest variety of retirement lifestyles and services in Chicago’s western suburbs— a residential style for...
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The community at The Montclare is good, they have rides to the stores they have food plates at a low price and my mother managed to get a helper there.
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Montclare Senior Residences would like to invite you to visit our upscale Senior Apartment community for qualified residents ages 55 or better. Located two blocks east of Oak Park Avenue and two blocks south of Fullerton/Grand Avenue in Chicago. The Montclare Senior Residences will change...
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Welcome to the Museum Residences on Oak, a signature senior living community located in the heart of Evanston, Illinois. The Museum Residences on Oak prides itself on individualized programming tailored to each resident allowing empowerment through independence. Discover the Museum Residences on...
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of independent living in Arlington Heights, IL

The average cost of senior living in Arlington Heights is $3,412 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Rolling Meadows, IL with an average of $3,412 per month.

Independent living costs in Arlington Heights, IL, vs. state and national averages

Arlington Heights, IL
$3,412/mo
U.S. national average
$3,532/mo

Independent living costs in Arlington Heights, IL, vs. other senior living options

$8,084/mo
Independent Living
$3,412/mo

Independent living costs in Arlington Heights, IL, by floor plan type

Studio
$2,838/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,039/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,133/mo

Senior living costs in Arlington Heights vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Arlington Heights, IL
Column state: Illinois
Column national: U.S.
Community typeArlington Heights, ILIllinoisU.S.
Independent Living$3,412/mo$3,360/mo$3,532/mo
Assisted Living$6,704/mo$6,413/mo$5,909/mo
Memory Care$8,084/mo$7,829/mo$7,121/mo
Independent Living
Arlington Heights, IL:$3,412/mo
Illinois:$3,360/mo
U.S.:$3,532/mo
Assisted Living
Arlington Heights, IL:$6,704/mo
Illinois:$6,413/mo
U.S.:$5,909/mo
Memory Care
Arlington Heights, IL:$8,084/mo
Illinois:$7,829/mo
U.S.:$7,121/mo
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Independent living costs in Arlington Heights, IL, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Arlington Heights and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Independent living cost trends in Arlington Heights, IL

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Arlington Heights have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 average costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
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Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Arlington Heights, IL$3,249/mo$3,092/mo+5.1%
Illinois$3,221/mo$3,061/mo+5.2%
National$3,416/mo$3,319/mo+2.9%
Arlington Heights, IL
2024 average cost:$3,249/mo
2023 average cost:$3,092/mo
Percent change:+5.1%
Illinois
2024 average cost:$3,221/mo
2023 average cost:$3,061/mo
Percent change:+5.2%
National
2024 average cost:$3,416/mo
2023 average cost:$3,319/mo
Percent change:+2.9%
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What families are saying about independent living in Arlington Heights

Recent reviews for independent living in Arlington Heights

Liberty Village in Elmhurst, IL

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I could not be happier with the Liberty Village community is every regard. [name removed] and [name removed] has been amazing and I am very happy that my father is there. Based on the experience we have had so far, we would recommend this community to other families.

Shepherd Premier Assisted Living of Harvard

5.0
I am very happy with the care that my mother is getting at this very nice and home feeling community. The staff is wonderful and very attentive. I like that the community is clean. <y mother is really liking the activities and she likes what is offered. We would highly recommend this small ...
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Lakeland Apartments in Fox Lake, IL

5.0
We think this is a really good community and every time we come to visit things look clean and well taken care of. The outside of the building and everything around it is well maintained. The property manager [name removed] has been so wonderful to work with. She has been very helpful, ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Delicious and varied meals. Many reviews mention the high quality and enjoyable meals at various communities, such as Solstice at Palatine, Encore Village of Schaumburg, and The Grand at Twin Lakes. Residents appreciate the accommodations made for dietary restrictions and the frequent menu changes, ensuring a diverse ...
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Thoughtful and caring staff. Residents and their families express gratitude for the dedicated and compassionate staff members at communities like Discovery Village Hoffman Estates, Elison of Niles, and Ciel of Vernon Hills. Staff go above and beyond to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all.
Engaging and diverse activities. A wide range of activities cater to residents' interests at communities such as Deer Park Village, Church Creek, and Poplar Creek Village. These activities foster social connections and promote an active lifestyle.
Clean and well-maintained living spaces. Reviews consistently praise the cleanliness and upkeep of communities, including private apartments and common areas, at places like Elison of Niles, Discovery Village Des Plaines, and Encore Village of Schaumburg.
Flexible and accommodating community culture. Several communities, including Solstice at Palatine, Asbury Court Senior Living Community, and Elison of Niles, demonstrate a welcoming and adjustable environment, allowing residents to customize their living experience and make their space feel like home.
Access to convenient transportation services. Communities like Church Creek, Discovery Village Des Plaines, and Discovery Village Hoffman Estates offer reliable and easily accessible transportation options, making it simple for residents to attend appointments, shop, or visit local attractions.
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Arlington Heights independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Arlington Heights independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Arlington Heights, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Arlington Heights independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Arlington Heights partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
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Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
28.9%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
36.3%
35.8%
No sugar
No sugar
33.4%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
33.4%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
14.8%
11.7%
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Availability of select dining options in Arlington Heights independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Arlington Heights communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
37%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
42.8%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
33.4%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
15.7%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Arlington Heights independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Arlington Heights offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
45%
46.6%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
31.7%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
36%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
50.8%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
49.9%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
58.8%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
39.5%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
39.5%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
40.7%
43.1%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
48.2%
48.4%
Live performances
Live performances
47.3%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
31%
34.4%
Fitness center
Fitness center
35.5%
40.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
45.9%
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Church Creek, The Clare, a CCRC and Discovery Village Des Plaines are the top-rated independent living facilities near Arlington Heights, Illinois. See full list of communities.
There are 575 independent living facilities near Arlington Heights, Illinois. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Arlington Heights, Illinois are Discovery Village Des Plaines, Brookdale Glen Ellyn and Huntley Springs Retirement Resort. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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