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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Oak Park, MI

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The cost of independent living in Oak Park is about $2,647 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 527 options.

Read 12367 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 Detroit, Canton and Livonia.

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The staff and owners are like family...you can drop in any time and you have the feeling like your part of the family. The good is homemade and residents always get enough to eat. Torrey Pines is just...
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.
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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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Photo of Cross Street Village Apts.
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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While our loved one was there and before they shut everything down, our experience was pretty good. The staff was very attentive, and coming from a health care background when I would come visit it was nice...
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
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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.
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: 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.
Located at the corner of Huron and Fourth Streets, Courthouse Square is in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor. With the bus stop right outside our front door, transportation is very convenient. Residents 55+ can enjoy the short stroll to Kerrytown Mall, the Farmers Market and other popular downtown...
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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.
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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.
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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
Care types provided by this community
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.
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Photo of An Affair To Remember
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
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.
Photo of Rolling Brook Apartments
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.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
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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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.
There's no place like home. When you can not live alone but a nursing home is not the answer for you, Rockwell Assisted Living is here to provide you a beautiful, loving and secure environment very similar to home. Because our standards are among the highest in the country, we know that you and...
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Smaller community and that was good. The care my loved one received was great. The value we got was great. The communication was not really that great but did improve towards the end. I would recommend...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
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.
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 Crestview Apartments
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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It was very small and it was a group home, but if you had someone you just needed supervision it was good. They could have up to 20 people and they were taking care of some people who needed medical...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
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.
Our primary focus is to care for disabled, aged seniors who can no longer care for themselves, but do not necessarily need to be in a nursing home environment. Our residents are ambulatory, but may require the use of a cane, walker or the assistance of our staff members. We specialize with...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
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.
Nestled within a quiet residential neighborhood just minutes from historic Saline's downtown shopping and cultural districts, Brecon Village is Washtenaw County's premier senior living option. We offer a full lineup of services allowing seniors to live comfortably and enjoy the best years of...
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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.
Grand Meadows II is designed especially for Seniors located in a beautiful country setting in Grand Blanc.  We are walking distance to the Grand Blanc Senior Center and downtown Grand Blanc for mall shopping, dining, parks, Genesys Hospital and all services.  Featuring spaciousluxury...
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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.
Norman Towers Retirement Residence LLC is located in Monroe, Michigan, a city founded in 1785, counting about 25,000 people. Monroe is a part of Monroe County and located approximately 17 miles from Toledo and 35 miles from Detroit. Tourists come to Monroe to see the National Register of Historic...
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
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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Dad was 95 years old when he entered Jacobs Ladder . He received the the best of care including feeding and cleanliness. Christen and Vickie were especially helpful in showing respect and love to Dad ,Their...
Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
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.

Cost of independent living in Oak Park, MI

The average cost of senior living in Oak Park is $2,647 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Detroit, MI with an average of $2,469 per month.

Independent living costs in Oak Park, MI, vs. state and national averages

Oak Park, MI
$2,647/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

Independent living costs in Oak Park, MI, vs. other senior living options

$5,920/mo
Independent Living
$2,647/mo

Independent living costs in Oak Park, MI, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$2,390/mo
Studio
$3,061/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,019/mo
2 Bedroom
$3,986/mo

Senior living costs in Oak Park 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: Oak Park, MI
Column state: Michigan
Column national: U.S.
Community typeOak Park, MIMichiganU.S.
Independent Living$2,647/mo$2,801/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$5,359/mo$5,387/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$5,920/mo$6,169/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Oak Park, MI:$2,647/mo
Michigan:$2,801/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Oak Park, MI:$5,359/mo
Michigan:$5,387/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Oak Park, MI:$5,920/mo
Michigan:$6,169/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Oak Park, MI, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Oak Park 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 Oak Park, MI

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Oak Park 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
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Oak Park, MI$2,680/mo$2,653/mo+1.0%
Michigan$2,821/mo$2,761/mo+2.1%
National$3,416/mo$3,319/mo+2.9%
Oak Park, MI
2024 average cost:$2,680/mo
2023 average cost:$2,653/mo
Percent change:+1.0%
Michigan
2024 average cost:$2,821/mo
2023 average cost:$2,761/mo
Percent change:+2.1%
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 Oak Park

Recent reviews for independent living in Oak Park

Chelsea Retirement Community

5.0
My father was originally here for Rehab, but when a room opened up on the permanent side, we moved him in. the staff is so caring and welcoming. My sister visits him often and she is thrilled with the way things are going. The place is clean and not as nice as other places, but the care is over ...
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Novi Lakes Health Campus

4.8
My dad had a wonderful stay. I never thought I would be able to take him home again, but he's home now because of the great care the staff takes of their residents. I would recommend this place!

Thomas F Taylor Towers in Westland, MI

5.0
This is the cleanest and prettiest section 8 building I have ever seen. My mother moved from another senior tower in the area to Taylor Towers and we were amazed at the difference in amenities. The staff was friendly and helpful. They have strict rules and guidelines for resident behavior ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Warm and welcoming staff. Several reviews for Pine Ridge of Plumbrook Senior Living, Pine Ridge of Garfield Senior Living, and Independence Village of Madison Heights mention the friendliness and kindness of the staff, creating a welcoming environment for residents. One resident at Pine Ridge of Garfield Senior Li ...
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Variety of activities. Activities are a key feature for many residents, with Pine Ridge of Garfield Senior Living, Park House Southfield I, and Pine Ridge Villas of Shelby praising the wide range of offerings. From bingo and happy hour to crafts and outings, residents stay engaged and active.
Delicious meals and dining experiences. Throughout the reviews, the quality of meals stands out as a major factor in residents' overall satisfaction. The Pine Ridge of Plumbrook Senior Living, The James Ferndale, and Brookdale Southfield communities all receive praise for their excellent food and accommodating chefs.
Friendly and helpful residents. Residents at Pine Ridge of Garfield Senior Living, Park Place, and 920 On The Park mention the comradery and friendliness among the community, fostering a sense of belonging and connection.
Thoughtful and accommodating management. Reviews for Allegria Village, Oakmont Livonia, and Park at Franklin highlight the thoughtfulness and responsiveness of management, ensuring residents' needs are met and concerns are addressed.
Safe and secure living environment. Residents at Baldwin House Hazel Park Senior Living, Imperial Senior Suites, and American House Troy Senior Living express feelings of safety and security within their communities, providing peace of mind for both residents and their families.
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Oak Park independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Oak Park independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Oak Park, 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 Oak Park 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 Oak Park partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Oak Park, MINational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
18%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
39.8%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
37.4%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
35.1%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
19.4%
11.7%
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Availability of select dining options in Oak Park 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 Oak Park communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Oak Park, MINational
Professional chef
Professional chef
37.8%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
42.3%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
38.3%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
15%
17.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Oak Park 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 Oak Park offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Oak Park, MINational
Activity director
Activity director
46.9%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
31.7%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
29.4%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
45.5%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
56%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
52.4%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
38.5%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
39.7%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
39.5%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
49.3%
48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
48.2%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
31.9%
34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
31.7%
40.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
47.4%
47.6%
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