Assisted living in West Virginia
90 licensed communities · 0 have a serious flag on record. Listed alphabetically: West Virginia publishes the findings, not a rating, so we do not rank them and we do not invent a score.
What West Virginia licenses — and why this total isn’t comparable to another state’s
There is no national definition of “assisted living.” Each state decides what it licenses and what to call it, so a state total counts whatever that state chose to license — state counts on this site are not comparable to each other, and a bigger number does not mean more assisted living. Here that total is:
- 82 Assisted Living Residence
- 7 Alzheimer's Unit
- 1 Residential Care Community
2 of these (2%) are licensed for 6 beds or fewer — residential homes rather than the apartment-style communities most families picture. They are real licensed care and we list them, but filter by beds if that is not what you are looking for.
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 West Virginia, assisted living typically runs about $5,050–$7,600/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
West Virginia Medicaid can help pay for assisted living — through a waiver, not through regular Medicaid.
The West Virginia waiver that can pay for it:
- Aged and Disabled Waiver (ADW) — covers in-home personal care / homemaker / skilled nursing / non-medical transportation
In West Virginia: apply or check eligibility ↗ or call 877-716-1212.
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 West Virginia Medicaid page.
90 communities — scroll within the box to see all.