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The cost of independent living in Lamar is about $2,907 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 357 options.

Read 3907 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 Forest Lake, Lindstrom and St. Croix Falls.

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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.
You'll be impressed by this impeccably clean, beautifully maintained building, spacious grounds and patio area designed especially for elderly seniors and disabled individuals. There is a large party room with a full kitchen on the first floor and a cheerful day room on both second and third...
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I am very comfortable in this community. The place is well maintained and home like. The room I'm in is pleasant, there is plenty of sunshine pouring in every day. There is a grocery delivery system in place...
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 on Graham is a comfortable and secure senior housing complex located in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. With spacious rooms and friendly residents, Highlands on Graham is a great choice for your new home. St. Paul is an active city with generous and supportive citizens. Several...
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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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Hubby & I have been fortunate to call Riverview Highlands Apts home for 3 years. The building is well managed and maintained and our fellow residents have come to feel like family. The apt is spacious with...
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.
Riverview Highlands apartments are a senior housing community located in the serene city of St Paul's, Ramsey County, MN. Located on the banks of the stunning River Mississippi, Riverview offers an enriching lifestyle to its residents with the beauty of nature within grasp. The amazing view of...
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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.
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.
A distinctive residential cooperative for adults that are 55+.  Located near the intersection of Bass Lake Road and Boone Avenue North inside the Highway 169 corridor.  Woodbridge is the right choice for independent adults seeking a carefree living environment.  Our building features 78 spacious,...
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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: 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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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, Senior Apartments
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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.
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: 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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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.
Introducing The Eloise, a 100-unit 55+ community tucked into the all-new Wirth on the Woods development located between the quaint Bryn Mawr neighborhood in Minneapolis and the 759-acre Theodore Wirth Regional Park. Simply step out the door of your new home to connect with nature and your...
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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: 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, 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.
Minnesota’s first accredited continuing care retirement community, Covenant Village of Golden Valley is serenely set beside Bassett Creek Nature Preserve in one of the Twin Cities’ most livable communities. An indoor village center is the heart of campus activity and includes a bakery/cafe,...
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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.
Woodland Mounds is decorated and laid out tastefully with a main lobby, fireplace and comfortable seating on the first floor. Also on the first floor is an Activity Room and Kitchen with regularly scheduled activities. A bathroom with handicap access is centralized in the building. A library...
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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.
Walker at Tree Tops is a warm and friendly community of active seniors who enjoy their independence but appreciate all the services we can provide. We are located in a pleasant neighborhood offering two grocery stores, barbershop, bakery, floral shop, meat market, and restaurants just two blocks...
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My parents have enjoyed 8+ years of experience living at Walker Place, which is nestled in a South Minneapolis residential area near Lake Harriet. It offers a safe, relaxed, & homey environment. As Mom &...
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.
Walker Methodist Place is an assisted living community located in Minneapolis, MN. Minneapolis is a busy city with about 382,000 residents in Hennepin County with lots of shops, restaurants, movies and shows. Residents who enjoy getting out can go for group activities, they can run errands and...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Senior Apartments
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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.
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.
With patios on the first floor and balconies on the second and third, you'll be able to enjoy the lovely wooded landscape of Plymouth Ponds all year long. Summer is best, of course, with our inviting outdoor pool, private dog park, basketball court, picnic areas and shaded walking paths. As a...
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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: 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.
What a great opportunity to live within walking distance to so many small city attractions. Elk Ridge has apartments and townhouses that offer 24-hour maintenance, on-site management, detached garages, a playground and a picnic area.

Cost of independent living in Lamar, WI

The average cost of senior living in Lamar is $2,907 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include St. Croix Falls, WI with an average of $2,907 per month.

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

Lamar, WI
$2,907/mo
U.S. national average
$3,520/mo

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

$7,610/mo
Independent Living
$2,907/mo

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

Studio
$2,667/mo
1 Bedroom
$2,583/mo
2 Bedroom
$3,320/mo

Senior living costs in Lamar 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: Lamar, WI
Column state: Wisconsin
Column national: U.S.
Community typeLamar, WIWisconsinU.S.
Independent Living$2,907/mo$3,028/mo$3,520/mo
Assisted Living$5,621/mo$5,889/mo$5,830/mo
Memory Care$7,610/mo$7,352/mo$6,999/mo
Independent Living
Lamar, WI:$2,907/mo
Wisconsin:$3,028/mo
U.S.:$3,520/mo
Assisted Living
Lamar, WI:$5,621/mo
Wisconsin:$5,889/mo
U.S.:$5,830/mo
Memory Care
Lamar, WI:$7,610/mo
Wisconsin:$7,352/mo
U.S.:$6,999/mo
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Independent living costs in Lamar, WI, over time

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

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Lamar 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
Lamar, WI$2,827/mo$2,718/mo+4.0%
Wisconsin$2,867/mo$2,990/mo-4.1%
National$3,416/mo$3,319/mo+2.9%
Lamar, WI
2024 average cost:$2,827/mo
2023 average cost:$2,718/mo
Percent change:+4.0%
Wisconsin
2024 average cost:$2,867/mo
2023 average cost:$2,990/mo
Percent change:-4.1%
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 Lamar

Recent reviews for independent living in Lamar

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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Saint Therese of Woodbury

4.5
Cannot think of one negative thing to say about this facility. It is a beautiful property with many amenities. The staff is amazing. Every level of care is given by extremely professional and kind members of St Therese staff. I was a patient for 6weeks and was extremely happy with everything, ...
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Scandia Shores in Shoreview, MN

5.0
My Mom loves Scandia Shores. The meals are wonderful!!! Its so nice to have so many activities. The residents are very friendly and the staff is helpful and cordial!

Lamar independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Lamar independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Lamar, 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 Lamar 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 Lamar partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Lamar, WINational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
10.9%
21.2%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
24.9%
35.7%
No sugar
No sugar
17.6%
32%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
18.2%
34.8%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
11.5%
11.7%
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Availability of select dining options in Lamar 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 Lamar communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Lamar, WINational
Professional chef
Professional chef
21%
37.6%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
27.2%
44.8%
Room service
Room service
23.8%
38.2%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
5.3%
17.8%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Lamar 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 Lamar offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Lamar, WINational
Activity director
Activity director
32.5%
46.5%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
14.6%
29.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
17.1%
34.2%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
42.6%
48.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
38.7%
50.1%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
44%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
26.6%
44.2%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
18.5%
39.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
25.5%
43%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
34.7%
48.3%
Live performances
Live performances
35.3%
48.1%
Dances
Dances
13.7%
34.3%
Fitness center
Fitness center
23%
40.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
31.1%
47.6%
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