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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Pleasant Hill, SC

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The cost of independent living in Pleasant Hill is about $3,337 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 150 options.

Read 3436 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 Waxhaw, Elgin and Lancaster.

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Photo of Forest Lake Manor
99 Floor plans available
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Everyone was very nice and helpful! The man at the desk was wonderful. I think he mostly works nights. The financial lady was very helpful. The medication man was great. Really everyone I dealt with was...
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.
In a beautiful homestead with an expansive Southern-style front porch, you'll find Forest Lake Manor, a family-style senior community. Enjoy a quiet walk in the courtyard, relax with friends by the fountain, or visit with family in the dayroom. Located in the heart of Forest Acres, Forest Lake...
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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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I live at Senior Villages. It is a quiet and comfortable place to be at. The apartments and amenities here are great. I would definitely recommend Senior Villages to others who are looking for Senior Living...
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.
Senior Villages has the perfect mix of comfort and affordability, if you are looking for an independent living apartment Senior Villages is conveniently located near shopping, the library, the YMCA, Uptown Charlotte, major interstates, and the airport. Our activities include resident get...
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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: 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: 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.
Photo of Woods Edge
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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My father really enjoyed himself here everyone was very nice and helpful treated us like family would recommend to anyone.
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.
Photo of Lakeside 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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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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Photo of Carriage House 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, Memory Care, 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.
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.
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.
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 Finlay House
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.
Studio and one bedroom apartmentsKitchens with stove and refrigeratorUtilities includedSubsidized apartments availableScheduled transportationEqual Housing OpportunityLocated in the Five Points Community of Columbia
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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.
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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Laurel Crest is more expensive, but they had better care than where my loved one is now. The staff to resident ratio was better here and we got much more personalized care. They pay attention the the...
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.
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.
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 Sumter Terrace Assisted Living
33 Floor plans available
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The facility is outstanding, clean, safe, inviting, family oriented. The staff is amazing, respectful, courteous and engaging. I couldn't have imagined a a place for mom. Coming from NC, I was very...
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.
Do more of what you love.If you’re ready to redefine your independence with more freedom, then Sumter Terrace (formerly Brookdale) might be the perfect fit for you.With assisted living, you’ll have help with managing medications, dressing and bathing, as well as services like housekeeping and...
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My family and I made the decision to go with Palmetto. We loved that it is small and personnel. My mom seems to enjoy it as well.
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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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.
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.
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Cost of independent living in Pleasant Hill, SC

The average cost of senior living in Pleasant Hill is $3,337 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Bethune, SC with an average of $3,160 per month.

Independent living costs in Pleasant Hill, SC, vs. state and national averages

Pleasant Hill, SC
$3,337/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

Independent living costs in Pleasant Hill, SC, vs. other senior living options

$6,859/mo
Independent Living
$3,337/mo

Independent living costs in Pleasant Hill, SC, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$2,630/mo
Studio
$3,097/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,885/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,925/mo

Senior living costs in Pleasant Hill 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: Pleasant Hill, SC
Column state: South Carolina
Column national: U.S.
Community typePleasant Hill, SCSouth CarolinaU.S.
Independent Living$3,337/mo$3,557/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$5,604/mo$4,824/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$6,859/mo$5,404/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Pleasant Hill, SC:$3,337/mo
South Carolina:$3,557/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Pleasant Hill, SC:$5,604/mo
South Carolina:$4,824/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Pleasant Hill, SC:$6,859/mo
South Carolina:$5,404/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Pleasant Hill, SC, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill, SC

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Pleasant Hill 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
Pleasant Hill, SC$3,730/mo$3,401/mo+9.7%
South Carolina$3,359/mo$3,252/mo+3.3%
National$3,416/mo$3,319/mo+2.9%
Pleasant Hill, SC
2024 average cost:$3,730/mo
2023 average cost:$3,401/mo
Percent change:+9.7%
South Carolina
2024 average cost:$3,359/mo
2023 average cost:$3,252/mo
Percent change:+3.3%
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 Pleasant Hill

Recent reviews for independent living in Pleasant Hill

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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Pines Columbia in West Columbia, SC

4.5
The staff team at Pines Columbia is friendly and usually available when you need them. Communication of events at facility have improved so that family has an opportunity to schedule and be present.

Sunflower Springs at Summit Place in Columbia, SC

4.0
My mother was a resident at The Haven for several years before she passed away recently. We found the staff to be so very patient, kind, and compassionate. The biggest challenge for them was keeping track of Mother's belongings, which is typical of any facility of this type. My mother never ...
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Reviews mention these favorite features of communities

Friendly and welcoming staff. Many reviews mention the kindness and attentiveness of the staff in various communities, such as Brookdale Charlotte East, MerryWood on Park, and Holiday Willow Grove, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere for residents and their families.
Variety of activities to engage residents. Residents at communities like Terrabella Windsor Lake, Merrill Gardens at Columbia, and Greenway Square Retirement Community enjoy a wide range of activities, from social gatherings to outings and classes, allowing them to stay active and engaged.
Delicious and accommodating meals. Nutritious and satisfying meals are a priority in several communities, including Brookdale Carriage Club Providence, Providence Meadows, and Greenway Square Retirement Community, where residents look forward to every meal thanks to dietary accommodations and high-quality dishes.
Safe and secure living environment. Resident safety is a top concern at communities such as Solista Charlotte by Cogir, Harmony at Columbia, and Providence Meadows, with staff ensuring peace of mind through features like emergency response systems and secure facilities.
Comfortable and clean living spaces. Many reviews praise the cleanliness and comfort of the living spaces at communities like Holiday Columbia Pines, The Dorchester South, and Providence Meadows, providing a peaceful retreat for senior residents.
Supportive and responsive management teams. Effective communication and quick problem-solving are traits valued by families and residents in communities such as MerryWood on Park, Providence Meadows, and Holiday Willow Grove, ensuring a seamless living experience.
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Pleasant Hill independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Pleasant Hill independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Pleasant Hill, 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 Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill 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
21.3%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
46%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
39.3%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
33.3%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
22%
11.7%
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Availability of select dining options in Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
37.3%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
52.7%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
42.7%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
16%
17.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
59.3%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
40.7%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
42.7%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
53.3%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
58%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
62%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
48.7%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
47.3%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
49.3%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
55.3%
48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
56.7%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
44%
34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
28.7%
40.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
54%
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Inspire Royal Park, Inspire Sandhill and Lakeview Retirement Community are the top-rated independent living facilities near Pleasant Hill, South Carolina. See full list of communities.
There are 150 independent living facilities near Pleasant Hill, South Carolina. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Pleasant Hill, South Carolina are Lakeview Retirement Community, Legacy Heights Senior Living Community and Lake Wylie. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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