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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Washington County, MN

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The cost of independent living in Washington County is about $2,719 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 525 options.

Read 6072 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 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Blaine.

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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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Had my parents here for more than 2 years. The facilities are good, food is good. There are a lot of organised activities and always a jug of coffee available. The offerings range from Independent...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent 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.
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.
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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: 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.
You want comfort and convenience, at an affordable price. You want independence, with opportunities to connect with others. You want privacy and space, paired with safety and security. You’ll find all of that and more at Spero Senior Living.With 55 brand new units and a variety of floor plans to...
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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: 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.
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What a great place to live! The facility is so clean, the Manager is friendly and professional and the tenants are really nice. It is a well run facility and is always a pleasure to c\visit my Dad 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.
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: 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.
Shields Plaza is a quaint, quiet and secure apartment building nestled in a park-like wooded setting in North Branch, MN. - Independent senior living apartment homes - Section 8 affordable subsidized housing - One- and two-bedroom units available - Non-smoking - Comfortable, relaxed atmosphere -...
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.
Enjoy the peace and quiet of Abbey Field Townhomes, offering affordable 2 and 3 bedroom townhomes with spacious layouts in a community close to the Twin Cities. Featuring picnic areas, playground and basketball hoops for our residents to enjoy, and convenient access to several nearby parks,...
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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.
Hillside Terrace is a quality senior apartments community designed to serve the area of Long Lake and Orono, Minnesota in Hennepin County. For seniors 62 and over there can be no better place to reside. Long Lake is home to four parks, plus quality hiking and biking trails. There is also the...
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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.
Long Lake Assisted Living is located in the city of Long Lake. We are nestled in a neighborhood two blocks from the Long Lake downtown area, which holds restaurants, shopping centers, antique shops, and much more. We offer a family atmosphere and personalized care to meet each resident’s...
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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.
Lovely, spacious apartment homes located in the heart of downtown Chanhassen - a vibrant, growing community with a 'small town' feel. Our apartment community features heated underground parking and car wash bay, elevator, fitness and community rooms, plus beautifully landscaped grounds with a...
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.
McKenna Crossing is a vibrant community that is outpacing the rest.  Featuring Senior Apartments, Assisted Living, and Memory Care, this master-planned community is a joint venture between Presbyterian Homes & Services and Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church and it is scheduled to open...
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Summerwood of Chanhassen is the fourth senior care facility we have found and moved my parents to. They have been in one other independent living facility, and then two other assisted living, and Summerwood...
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.
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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.
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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.
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: 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
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: 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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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.
Now you can live in a community with personality and an apartment home with style. Just take a look at everything Riva Ridge has to offer: heated underground garage with car wash bay, basic cable, spacious community room, outdoor pool, volleyball and basketball courts, outdoor grills and play...

Cost of independent living in Washington County, MN

The average cost of senior living in Washington County is $2,719 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Ramsey County, MN with an average of $2,566 per month.

Independent living costs in Washington County, MN, vs. nearby counties

Washington County, MN
$2,719/mo

Independent living costs in Washington County, MN, vs. state and national averages

Washington County, MN
$2,719/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

Independent living costs in Washington County, MN, vs. other senior living options

$8,334/mo
Independent Living
$2,719/mo

Independent living costs in Washington County, MN, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$2,962/mo
Studio
$3,326/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,641/mo

Senior living costs in Washington County 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: Washington County, MN
Column state: Minnesota
Column national: U.S.
Community typeWashington County, MNMinnesotaU.S.
Independent Living$2,719/mo$2,945/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$6,201/mo$5,527/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$8,334/mo$7,592/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Washington County, MN:$2,719/mo
Minnesota:$2,945/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Washington County, MN:$6,201/mo
Minnesota:$5,527/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Washington County, MN:$8,334/mo
Minnesota:$7,592/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Washington County, MN, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Washington County 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 Washington County, MN

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Washington County 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
Washington County, MN$3,268/mo$2,860/mo+14.3%
Minnesota$2,806/mo$2,556/mo+9.8%
National$3,319/mo$3,140/mo+5.7%
Washington County, MN
2024 average cost:$3,268/mo
2023 average cost:$2,860/mo
Percent change:+14.3%
Minnesota
2024 average cost:$2,806/mo
2023 average cost:$2,556/mo
Percent change:+9.8%
National
2024 average cost:$3,319/mo
2023 average cost:$3,140/mo
Percent change:+5.7%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about independent living in Washington County

Recent reviews for independent living in Washington County

Parkshore Senior Campus in Saint Louis Park, MN

4.9
Being out of state we do not get to visit that much, however when we do speak with our loved one she does seem to enjoy the meals and dining service. We do think the overall value for the money is good and based on our experience so far we would recommend the Parkshore Senior Campus to other ...
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Bel Rae Senior Living in Mounds View, MN

4.7
We chose Bel Rae Senior Living because of the newness of the building, the friendly and helpful staff members, and the overall accommodations as well. He has a 1 bedroom apartment and it is a little on the smaller side if your have more furniture. The food is ok and they keep striving to improve ...
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Meadow Woods - Martin Luther Campus in Bloomington, MN

5.0
I think they do a great job at Meadow Woods! The staff here is very friendly and easy to work with. They've been very accommodating in regards to some billing issues we've had in regards to getting funding with the VA straightened out. The facility itself is well kept and clean, and they do a ...
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Washington County independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Washington County independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Washington County, 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 Washington County 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 Washington County partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Washington County, MNNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
10.7%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
25%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
17.9%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
20.2%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
11.6%
11.7%
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Availability of select dining options in Washington County 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 Washington County communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Washington County, MNNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
22.9%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
29.3%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
26.9%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
6.9%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Washington County 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 Washington County offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
35.6%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
15.2%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
19%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
44.6%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
41.1%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
46.5%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
30.3%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
20.8%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
28%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
36.8%
48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
38.1%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
16%
34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
26.3%
40.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
34.3%
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Keystone Place at LaValle Fields, The Lodge at White Bear, A Sky Active Living Community and Gable Pines are the top-rated independent living facilities near Washington County, Minnesota. See full list of communities.
There are 525 independent living facilities near Washington County, Minnesota. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Washington County, Minnesota are Havenwood of Buffalo, RidgePointe Senior Living and The Lodge at White Bear, A Sky Active Living Community. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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