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The cost of independent living in Darien is about $2,507 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 569 options.

Read 8430 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 Janesville, Delavan and Woodstock.

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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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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Parkview II is a senior housing development in the rural village of Caledonia, in Racine County, Wisconsin. The village is located between I-94 and Lake Michigan, allowing residents easy access to Milwaukee and Chicago. The Caledonia area offers access to recreational activities, many...
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The Parkview Independent Senior Living Community located in Caledonia, Wisconsin is the place you want to be. Recently, due to an accident, I sold my home. After a stay at Parkside Gardens Assisted Living on...
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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.
The Parkview is an exciting, active and vibrant apartment community in Caledonia that is specifically designed and built for independent seniors 55 and better. The Parkview provides one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartment-homes conveniently located just north of 4 Mile Road. This community offers...
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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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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.
Voted ‘Best Rentals’ by the Sun Prairie Star proving that this community is built around customer service and comfort. Offering spacious floor plans, top quality design, generous amenities and scenic views; this community is designed for seniors who appreciate convenience and luxury. We are...
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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.
Lutheran Home and Harwood Place provides a full continuum of care and services. The Lutheran Home provides rehabilitation services, skilled nursing, specialized memory care assisted living, adult day services and child care. Harwood Place provides assisted living and independent living. Memory...
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They house 5 women all together which is nice for my loved one. And the best part of it is that it is much more affordable compared to the bigger places which are outrageously priced. She is able to still...
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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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I love living in this community. It is so safe and comfortable. I love the underground parking, it really helps for Dr. Appts and groceries along with the elevator. Valerie [removed] is a wonderful manager...
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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.
Clare Heights Apartments, located on the southern edge of a quiet residential neighborhood, offers 44 units of one and two bedroom apartments for those 55 and better. The convenient location near bus lines, neighborhood shopping centers, restaurants and parks, features trees and professionally...
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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.
Sunrise Village is a 48 unit senior community, providing quality senior housing. Conveniently located in South Milwaukee, just south of the Sunrise Plaza. Sunrise Village Senior Community offers spacious floor plans, top quality design, and countless amenities. Sunrise Village Senior Community...
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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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The management and staff are friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, some of the newer residents are not as respectful as they should be of other residents and their property, e.g. spilling liquids in the...
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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The Resident Manager made my move so easy. She worked overtime to get my papers completed and lease signed so I could move in on the day I wanted. Went above and beyond to help me -- much appreciated.
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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This is truly a lovely community, the staff is caring for her very well. They do a very good job with keeping her room and the community nice and clean. The staff is very good with informing me about...
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.
St. Anne's Salvatorian Campus, the 'Home With A Heart', has a 135-year history of caring for the elderly of greater Milwaukee. It was founded in 1876 by Little Sisters of the Poor, who transferred sponsorship in 1992 to Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians). In keeping with the core values...
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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: 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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5 stars or higher! Highlands at Wildwood Lake is a beautiful well maintained independent apartment complex for those over 55. I have no complaints and no criticism. There are no meals provided. There is no...
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.
Highlands at Wildwood Lake is conveniently located in Menomonee Falls, WI, and offers a variety of spacious one and two bedroom apartments for Active Seniors age 55 or better.Our community offers all the amenities of suburban living with the convenience of on-site walking trails around our lake,...
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, 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
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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.
Dupar Assisted Living (DALE) provides residential long-term care housing that is state regulated and monitored.DALE provides oversight and services to meet the residents' individualized scheduled needs, based on the residents' assestments and service plans and their unscheduled needs as they...
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I was previously a resident at Wildwood Highlands Apartments 55+. Based on my experience, I would not recommend Wildwood Highlands Apartments to others.
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.
Wildwood Highlands is conveniently located in Menomonee Falls, WI, and offers a variety of spacious one and two bedroom apartments and townhomes for Active Seniors age 55 or better. Our community offers all the amenities of suburban living with the convenience of on-site walking trails, nearby...
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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.
Luther Manor is a nonprofit Life Plan Community based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Our 29-acre welcoming campus offers residents a loving, Christian atmosphere where they can enjoy carefree retirement living. We provide an array of amenities and services, including a variety of senior living options...
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We have had an excellent experience since my mothers move to this community. Everything is working out very well since her move here. She may not like because it is not home, but I know she is in good hands....
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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 Darien, WI

The average cost of senior living in Darien is $2,507 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Delavan, WI with an average of $2,507 per month.

Independent living costs in Darien, WI, vs. state and national averages

Darien, WI
$2,507/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

Independent living costs in Darien, WI, vs. other senior living options

$6,679/mo
Independent Living
$2,507/mo

Independent living costs in Darien, WI, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$3,716/mo
Studio
$2,677/mo
1 Bedroom
$2,541/mo
2 Bedroom
$3,229/mo

Senior living costs in Darien 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: Darien, WI
Column state: Wisconsin
Column national: U.S.
Community typeDarien, WIWisconsinU.S.
Independent Living$2,507/mo$3,028/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$6,371/mo$5,889/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$6,679/mo$7,352/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Darien, WI:$2,507/mo
Wisconsin:$3,028/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Darien, WI:$6,371/mo
Wisconsin:$5,889/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Darien, WI:$6,679/mo
Wisconsin:$7,352/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Darien, WI, over time

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

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Darien 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
Darien, WI$2,824/mo$3,545/mo-20.3%
Wisconsin$2,428/mo$2,303/mo+5.4%
National$2,858/mo$2,810/mo+1.7%
Darien, WI
2024 average cost:$2,824/mo
2023 average cost:$3,545/mo
Percent change:-20.3%
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2024 average cost:$2,428/mo
2023 average cost:$2,303/mo
Percent change:+5.4%
National
2024 average cost:$2,858/mo
2023 average cost:$2,810/mo
Percent change:+1.7%
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What families are saying about independent living in Darien

Recent reviews for independent living in Darien

Regency Muskego

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N/a when it comes to the meals and dining. Dad is in independent living apartment so makes own meals. The activities are outstanding. Tons of activities for the residents to participate in. The value for cost was more than what we originally planned to spend. But after being there and ...
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Shepherd Premier Assisted Living of Harvard

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I am very happy with the care that my mother is getting at this very nice and home feeling community. The staff is wonderful and very attentive. I like that the community is clean. <y mother is really liking the activities and she likes what is offered. We would highly recommend this small ...
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Lakeland Apartments in Fox Lake, IL

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We think this is a really good community and every time we come to visit things look clean and well taken care of. The outside of the building and everything around it is well maintained. The property manager [name removed] has been so wonderful to work with. She has been very helpful, ...
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Darien independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Darien independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Darien, 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 Darien 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 Darien partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Darien, WINational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
16%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
27.3%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
25.7%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
26.4%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
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Availability of select dining options in Darien 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 Darien communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
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Professional chef
Professional chef
24.1%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
31.2%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
24.1%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
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Availability of select programs and activities in Darien 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 Darien offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
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Activity director
Activity director
34%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
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29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
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34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
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48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
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50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
55.5%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
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44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
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39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
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43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
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48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
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48.1%
Dances
Dances
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34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
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Fitness classes
Fitness classes
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Huntley Springs Retirement Resort, Sedgebrook, a CCRC and Clarendale of Algonquin are the top-rated independent living facilities near Darien, Wisconsin. See full list of communities.
There are 569 independent living facilities near Darien, Wisconsin. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Darien, Wisconsin are Huntley Springs Retirement Resort, Clarendale of Algonquin and Cedar Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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