Assisted living in Hickory, NC
5 licensed communities, listed alphabetically. North Carolina publishes an inspection and complaint record for each one — shown on every community’s page — but it publishes no rating, so we do not rank them and we do not invent a score.
What’s actually in Hickory
These 5 licences are not all the same kind of place:
- 4 Adult care home — larger adult care homes
- 1 Family care home — small residential homes in a private house
They range from 6 to 88 licensed beds (median 60) — and 1 of them is licensed for 6 beds or fewer, meaning a private house with a handful of residents rather than an apartment-style community.
2 of the 5 carry a memory-care or secured dementia designation in the state’s record.
0 of the 5 have findings in the state’s inspection or complaint record. 5 are covered by a state record that shows none against them.
What it costs around here
Median private-pay cost, CareScout (Genworth) 2025 Cost of Care Survey — a regional midpoint, not any single community’s rate. Private rooms and higher care levels cost more; ask for a current quote. Project your own in the cost-of-care planner.
† Memory care is our estimate, not survey data: CareScout does not survey memory care, so we take the assisted-living median for the state and add $1,200/month — the typical secured-dementia-unit premium. It is a planning figure with no state-level detail behind it, and real memory-care pricing varies far more than that. Treat it as a starting point and ask the community for its own memory-care rate.
Estimated cost range · regional
In North Carolina, assisted living typically runs about $5,200–$7,800/month.
This is a regional estimate modeled from published survey data (the CareScout/Genworth state median, ±20%) — not this community’s actual price, which it sets privately. Ask the community for its current all-in monthly rate and what each care level adds.
Paying with Medicaid
North Carolina Medicaid helps pay for assisted living only in limited circumstances — through a waiver, and not everywhere in the state or for everyone who qualifies.
The North Carolina waiver that can pay for it:
- Community Alternatives Program for Disabled Adults (CAP/DA) — covers in-home personal care / adult day health / home modifications
North Carolina runs a waiting list for this waiver. Qualifying does not mean a place is funded — apply as early as you can, before you need it.
In North Carolina: apply or check eligibility ↗.
A waiver pays for care, not for rent. Even where the state covers assisted-living services, room and board is still the resident’s to pay. Full eligibility limits — income, assets, the look-back — are on our North Carolina Medicaid page.
Nearby towns in this state
Assisted living is a local decision, but the right community is often one town over — and a 20-minute difference in drive time decides how often anyone actually visits, which is the single thing that most affects how a resident does.
- Hildebran — 1 community, about 5 mi away
- Conover — 3 communities, about 5 mi away
- Granite Falls — 2 communities, about 6 mi away
- Newton — 2 communities, about 7 mi away
- Claremont — 1 community, about 9 mi away
- Taylorsville — 4 communities, about 14 mi away
- Vale — 1 community, about 16 mi away
- Lenoir — 3 communities, about 16 mi away