Wanting more than a brochure is the right instinct.
You are not being difficult by asking what the state actually has on file. You are asking the one question that separates two communities with the same photographs and the same monthly rate. Where a state answers it, we show you. Where it does not, we say so, because a guess dressed up as a finding helps nobody.
Not sure where to start?
We do the calling. You do the choosing.
The promise
You get your answer. Or your money back.
No recommendation in three business days? The $199 goes back. No forms.
Start with your city
Every city page ranks the full licensed set for that market, with what the record shows on each one.
Los Angeles, CA1,683 rankedMilwaukee, WI770 rankedMiami, FL717 rankedAtlanta, GA690 rankedSacramento, CA645 rankedSan Diego, CA588 rankedBaltimore, MD541 rankedRiverside, CA534 ranked
Anchorage, AKPhoenix, AZNew York, NYTucson, AZFresno, CAMinneapolis, MNHouston, TXDallas, TXMesa, AZTampa, FLSeattle, WASan Antonio, TXSan Jose, CALas Vegas, NVBakersfield, CAAnaheim, CAIndianapolis, INLouisville, KYCharleston, SCKansas City, MOSan Francisco, CABoston, MAJacksonville, FLOrlando, FLAustin, TXOmaha, NEAlbuquerque, NMDetroit, MIMemphis, TNStockton, CAChicago, ILLong Beach, CAFort Worth, TXNashville, TNNew Orleans, LACharlotte, NCArlington, TXDenver, COEl Paso, TXPhiladelphia, PALexington, KYRichmond, VAOakland, CAColumbus, OHColorado Springs, COWichita, KSProvidence, RIJackson, MSBoise, IDOklahoma City, OKRaleigh, NCBillings, MTCincinnati, OHHonolulu, HISalt Lake City, UTBirmingham, ALCorpus Christi, TXCleveland, OHWilmington, DESioux Falls, SDPortland, ORHenderson, NVLittle Rock, ARNewark, NJTulsa, OKPortland, MEPittsburgh, PACheyenne, WYDes Moines, IAVirginia Beach, VAManchester, NHWashington, DCSt. Louis, MOBridgeport, CTFargo, NDBurlington, VTCharleston, WV
Every state
Alabama313Alaska584Arizona2,342Arkansas159California8,301Colorado294Connecticut139Delaware67District of Columbia4Florida3,499Georgia7,226Hawaii87Idaho181Illinois679Indiana861Iowa202Kansas204Kentucky451Louisiana898Maine192Maryland1,972Massachusetts1,232Michigan1,402Minnesota3,253Mississippi287Missouri1,655Montana158Nebraska468Nevada214New Hampshire106New Jersey324New Mexico163New York3,641North Carolina919North Dakota30Ohio314Oklahoma137Oregon116Pennsylvania236Rhode Island105South Carolina1,206South Dakota161Tennessee783Texas2,444Utah162Vermont46Virginia284Washington6,327West Virginia35Wisconsin2,650Wyoming70
Common questions
How many assisted living communities are there?
57,583 are listed on Palmelle across all 50 states, built from state licensing records. There is no single federal register of assisted living, so no national count is definitive — including this one.
Does the government inspect assisted living?
States do. CMS does not. That is the single most important thing to know: the federal inspection data that exists for nursing homes does not exist for assisted living, anywhere in the country, on any website.
Why do some listings show much less information than others?
Because the state publishes less. A community in a state that releases its enforcement history will show far more than one in a state that publishes only a licence. A thin listing reflects a thin public record, not a worse community.
What does assisted living cost?
It varies by market more than by anything else, and the advertised monthly rate is rarely the number a family ends up paying — care levels are usually priced on top. Ask for the current rate sheet including every care level, in writing.
