Rate index, Q4 2026
Luxury Senior Living Rates by Metro
643 upscale communities are on MyLivingChoice's luxury lists across 19 metros, and 73 of them publish a starting rate. The middle published rate across all of them is $6,100 a month, and 2 communities start at $10,000 a month or more. By the middle rate, Seattle is the most expensive metro on the list at $7,000 and Chicago the least at $4,600. A published rate is base rent for the lowest-priced apartment; care fees, second-person fees and community fees come on top, and most communities quote the full figure after an assessment.
| Metro | On the list | Publish a rate | Lowest | Middle | Top quarter from | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 36 | 1 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Dallas | 36 | 2 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Cincinnati | 36 | 2 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Seattle | 36 | 3 | $4,700 | $7,000 | too few | $9,800 |
| Denver | 36 | 2 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Raleigh | 20 | 1 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Wichita | 27 | 2 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Kansas City | 36 | 10 | $5,310 | $6,100 | $9,000 | $11,700 |
| Houston | 36 | 4 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $7,000 | $7,500 |
| San Diego | 36 | 4 | $4,695 | $6,000 | $6,500 | $9,000 |
| Scottsdale and Phoenix | 36 | 4 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $7,850 |
| Washington, DC | 36 | 14 | $4,700 | $5,900 | $6,200 | $8,100 |
| New York | 36 | 13 | $4,700 | $5,700 | $6,100 | $9,100 |
| Los Angeles | 36 | 4 | $4,500 | $5,600 | $8,000 | $9,500 |
| Sacramento | 36 | 2 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Nashville | 21 | 1 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| Chicago | 36 | 4 | $4,500 | $4,600 | $5,300 | $7,600 |
| Austin | 36 | 0 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
| South Florida | 35 | 0 | too few | too few | too few | too few |
Monthly base rent as published by each community. “Too few” means fewer than three communities on that list publish a rate (four for the top quarter), so no figure is shown.
How these figures are made
Every community on this list meets at least one checkable bar: a published starting rate of $6,000 a month or more; three or more of these amenities on site (professional chef, swimming pool, theater room, fitness center, salon / barber), or a community website that presents it as luxury or upscale, in both cases with no published rate below $4,500; or the word luxury in its own name.
The lowest, middle and highest figures are taken over the communities on each metro list that publish a starting rate. The middle is the median; the top quarter starts at the 75th percentile. Figures refresh every hour as listings change, and the page is labelled by the quarter it was read in. You may cite them with a link to this page.
The metro lists
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