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The cost of independent living in Fairview is about $3,856 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 39 options. Read 58 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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Photo of Ponderosa Lodge Senior Living
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Nice facilities, good food, engaging activities and caring staff--Ponderosa has it all. I'm grateful for everything that I found here. I recommend Ponderosa without reservation.
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.
At Ponderosa Lodge Senior Living we acknowledge that every individual requires different levels of care at varying points of their lives. We are dedicated to providing specialized care specifically tailored to each resident’s unique needs throughout the aging experience. Our levels of care...
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I give them a 5. What I like the most about the community is that they are supportive! Not having meals on weekends. Maybe I need to check out more helpful options to help me strengthen myself
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 The Inn on Westport
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The building itself. The atrium is a great center piece and focal point for activities and mom was fortunate to land a spot w an atrium balcony! The glass roof room, the activity room, a piano to play, the...
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.
Welcome to The Inn on Westport.  We offer everything desired for the active senior lifestyles, including truly private apartments at affordable prices for the Independent Retirees, those desiring Assisted Living services, and for those in need of Respite Care. We are conveniently...
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The overall experience was very good and the community is very clean. The staff are friendly and caring and do provide great care to the residents . The meals were good and they have a variety. The...
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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This transition has been difficult for my mom as she suffers from paranoia but we have found the staff at New Perspectives in Cloquet to be so wonderful! They truly care for my mom and want her to have to...
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 Washington Crossing
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I think it is a wonderful place. I would highly recommend it. The layout is great. The room size my mom has is good. They have outdoor space for the residents to use. They have a wonderful woodshop. They...
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.
Washington Crossing is Sioux Falls' premier independent senior living community. We are a local, independently owned and operated company with long standing ties to the Sioux Falls community. We take great pride in providing clean, comfortable retirement living to folks that want to be surrounded...
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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 Valley Manor
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 Bethesda Home
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 Bethesda of Beresford - ALC
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 Aspen Heights
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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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The model of the memory care hou1se is based on knowing each resident as a person first and foremost, and meeting them wherever they are on their memory care journey. My grandfather was a resident at...
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.
Photo of Regency Retirement Residents
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 Stonebridge Suites of Rock Rapids
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
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 Carriage House Retirement Home
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: 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.
Photo of Tuff Memorial Home
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 Lennox Assisted and Independent Living
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, 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.
Photo of Beverly Healthcare
Provides: Assisted 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.
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.
Photo of Morgan Lane Village
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.

Cost of independent living in Fairview, SD

The average cost of senior living in Fairview is $3,856 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Vermillion, SD with an average of $2,055 per month.

Independent living costs in Fairview, SD, vs. nearby cities

Fairview, SD
$3,856/mo
$4,538/mo
$3,697/mo

Independent living costs in Fairview, SD, vs. state and national averages

Fairview, SD
$3,856/mo
U.S. national average
$4,153/mo

Independent living costs in Fairview, SD, vs. other senior living options

$4,026/mo
Independent Living
$3,856/mo

Independent living costs in Fairview, SD, by floor plan type

Studio
$4,072/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,872/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,593/mo

Senior living costs in Fairview 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: Fairview, SD
Column state: South Dakota
Column national: U.S.
Community typeFairview, SDSouth DakotaU.S.
Independent Living$3,856/mo$3,040/mo$4,153/mo
Assisted Living$4,026/mo$3,895/mo$4,698/mo
Memory Care$4,026/mo$3,895/mo$4,946/mo
Independent Living
Fairview, SD:$3,856/mo
South Dakota:$3,040/mo
U.S.:$4,153/mo
Assisted Living
Fairview, SD:$4,026/mo
South Dakota:$3,895/mo
U.S.:$4,698/mo
Memory Care
Fairview, SD:$4,026/mo
South Dakota:$3,895/mo
U.S.:$4,946/mo
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Independent living costs in Fairview, SD, over time

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

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Fairview 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
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Fairview, SD$3,626/mo$3,619/mo+0.2%
South Dakota$2,320/mo$2,426/mo-4.4%
National$2,798/mo$2,777/mo+0.8%
Fairview, SD
2024 average cost:$3,626/mo
2023 average cost:$3,619/mo
Percent change:+0.2%
South Dakota
2024 average cost:$2,320/mo
2023 average cost:$2,426/mo
Percent change:-4.4%
National
2024 average cost:$2,798/mo
2023 average cost:$2,777/mo
Percent change:+0.8%
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What families are saying about independent living in Fairview

Recent reviews for independent living in Fairview

Washington Crossing in Sioux Falls, SD

4.5
I like the feeling of the hominess here and my apt is very nice, the staff is very nice and they are attentive too. I enjoy going to the dining room for my meals and they offer 4 choices at each meal which is nice. I really like living in this community.

StoneyBrook Suites Sioux Falls

5.0
Our family feels that Stoneybrook Suites is a very good choice at a great price point.

The Parkwood in Sioux Falls, SD

4.8
The Parkwood staff has been amazing. They greet my mom each meal, they have helped her with phone and cable questions, and have created a very home/family like atmosphere. They also have special meals for occasions like New Years Eve, Valentines Day, etc. Family is always welcome to join, and if ...
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Fairview independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Fairview independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Fairview, 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 Fairview 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 Fairview partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Fairview, SDNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
8.8%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
11.8%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
11.8%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
14.7%
33.6%
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Availability of select dining options in Fairview 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 Fairview communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
8.8%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
11.8%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
5.9%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
2.9%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Fairview 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 Fairview offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Fairview, SDNational
Activity director
Activity director
14.7%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
5.9%
28.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
11.8%
33%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
23.5%
47.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
14.7%
48.9%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
20.6%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
14.7%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
5.9%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
14.7%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
14.7%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
14.7%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
5.9%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
14.7%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
11.8%
46.4%
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