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The cost of independent living in Polkton is about $3,421 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 53 options. Read 981 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.

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I was living alone and finding activities to participate in and people to do it with was a chore therefore I did little outside of family. Trinity Oaks opened a whole new way of living and enjoying and...
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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Chandler Place is a really nice facility and everyone here was so friendly, staff and residents. My mom really enjoyed her experience and had made many friends, but unfortunately it just got too expensive.
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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.
More Care, More FreedomAnyone can move into a traditional senior living home, but why should you settle for the basics when you can have the best? Nestled on some of the most beautiful grounds in South Carolina, you can spend your morning strolling through storybook gardens and fragrant...
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My mom and I needed in home help after she fell and broke her shoulder. This was our first time with using an in home facility and we could not have been more pleased. We had an awesome caretaker and never...
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, 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.
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.
Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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.
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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.
Making the transition to retirement apartment living is easy at Brian Center Retirement Apartments. Our helpful staff is here to assist you with all the details of your move. Whether it's sorting through financial details or carrying boxes into your new apartment; you can count on us to help you...
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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: 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: 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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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
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.
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.
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Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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.
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[name removed] was kind, courteous, and extremely helpful in solving my problem with signing in to visit my mother. I was very unsure of how to do it and he straightened it out in seconds, I so appreciate...
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
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.
Designed to meet the needs of residents 55 years of age and older under a rental plan that affords a unique 'freedom and choice' approach for your service package. The Dorchester offers you the opportunity to design your own residency plan. Along with our basic rental, residents can supplement...
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.
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, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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.
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.
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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.
Life at Scotia Village Scotia Village provides a lifestyle that allows you to stay engaged, to try new things and continue challenging yourself. The choices of activities are many, and what you choose to do is limited only by your imagination. Enjoy eating in our delectable restaurant style...
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Provides: Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
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.
Provides: Assisted Living, 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.
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 Polkton, NC

The average cost of senior living in Polkton is $3,421 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Oakboro, NC with an average of $2,924 per month.

Independent living costs in Polkton, NC, vs. nearby cities

Polkton, NC
$3,421/mo
$3,365/mo
$3,597/mo

Independent living costs in Polkton, NC, vs. state and national averages

Polkton, NC
$3,421/mo
U.S. national average
$4,167/mo

Independent living costs in Polkton, NC, vs. other senior living options

$5,195/mo
Independent Living
$3,421/mo

Independent living costs in Polkton, NC, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,995/mo
Studio
$4,811/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,231/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,154/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$5,292/mo

Senior living costs in Polkton 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: Polkton, NC
Column state: North Carolina
Column national: U.S.
Community typePolkton, NCNorth CarolinaU.S.
Independent Living$3,421/mo$3,700/mo$4,167/mo
Assisted Living$4,022/mo$4,433/mo$4,770/mo
Memory Care$5,195/mo$5,282/mo$5,523/mo
Independent Living
Polkton, NC:$3,421/mo
North Carolina:$3,700/mo
U.S.:$4,167/mo
Assisted Living
Polkton, NC:$4,022/mo
North Carolina:$4,433/mo
U.S.:$4,770/mo
Memory Care
Polkton, NC:$5,195/mo
North Carolina:$5,282/mo
U.S.:$5,523/mo
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Independent living costs in Polkton, NC, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Polkton 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 Polkton, NC

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Polkton 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 median 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
Polkton, NC$3,514/mo$3,244/mo+8.3%
North Carolina$3,600/mo$3,416/mo+5.4%
National$3,261/mo$3,166/mo+3.0%
Polkton, NC
2024 average cost:$3,514/mo
2023 average cost:$3,244/mo
Percent change:+8.3%
North Carolina
2024 average cost:$3,600/mo
2023 average cost:$3,416/mo
Percent change:+5.4%
National
2024 average cost:$3,261/mo
2023 average cost:$3,166/mo
Percent change:+3.0%
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What families are saying about independent living in Polkton

Recent reviews for independent living in Polkton

The Dorchester South in Pineville, NC

4.5
The food options, the activities and the safety the community provides is something we likes most about The Dorchester South community. For activities they have different outings every week as well as party and get togethers. Based on our experience so far, we would recommend the community to ...
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The Manor in Pineville, NC

5.0
We just moved the end of July and have found all the staff to be very friendly and very helpful. It’s been nice to be able to walk outdoors into the courtyard. We feel it is a safe environment.

The Dorchester North in Pineville, NC

5.0
From the tour to move-in, a totally positive experience for my 85-year-old parents. VERY friendly residents, lots of activities, beautiful and spacious apartments, the biggest in Charlotte for an independent living place! My parents are VERY happy here and say they are 'too busy'!

Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Dedicated and supportive sales and marketing staff. Several reviews mention the exceptional sales and marketing staff at various communities, who made the transition process for families and residents smooth and stress-free. They bent over backward to ensure everyone felt welcomed and comfortable. At Solista Charlotte by Cogir, the sales repres ...
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Wide range of activities for residents. Activities were another favorite among residents and their families. Communities like Shads Landing and Brookdale Carriage Club Providence organized a variety of activities to keep everyone engaged and active, including movie nights, museum outings, and gardening classes. The residents of M ...
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Comfortable and welcoming living spaces. Residents appreciated the cozy and homey feel of their new living spaces. At Southern Pines, the apartments were described as the 'perfect size' for one person, with plenty of belongings and room to move around. The recent renovations at Holiday Willow Grove resulted in updated bathrooms and ...
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Professional and attentive care services. Families were grateful for the professional and attentive care services offered at their communities. At Providence Meadows, staff members provided occupational and physical therapy to help loved ones maintain their independence. The staff at Arbor Ridge at Huntersville were praised for thei ...
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Friendly and helpful housekeeping staff. Cleanliness was a priority for residents and their families. The housekeeping staff at Chandler Place Independent Living were praised for their diligent work, ensuring private rooms and communal areas were spotless. Reviews for Shads Landing mentioned the renovated patio and dining room, whi ...
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Personalized and thoughtful communication. Clear and frequent communication between families and staff was a common theme in reviews. At Providence Meadows, the community director set regular meetings with senior residents and their loved ones, both in person and virtually. Staff members at Southern Pines were described as 'warm and ...
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Polkton independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Polkton independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Polkton, 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 Polkton 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 Polkton 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
11.1%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
28.9%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
28.9%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
24.4%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
2.2%
10.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Polkton 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 Polkton communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
40%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
51.1%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
28.9%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in Polkton 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 Polkton offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
57.8%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
22.2%
28.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
40%
33%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
46.7%
47.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
57.8%
48.9%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
62.2%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
46.7%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
42.2%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
48.9%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
53.3%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
53.3%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
37.8%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
53.3%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
53.3%
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Trevi Vibrant Senior Living, Chandler Place Independent Living and Greenway Square Retirement Community are the top-rated independent living facilities near Polkton, North Carolina. See full list of communities.
There are 53 independent living facilities near Polkton, North Carolina. See the full list.
The best independent living facility near you in Polkton, North Carolina is Holiday Crescent Heights. This independent living community received the highest ranking based on verified family reviews.
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