Greensboro Senior AdvisorWhat does assisted living cost in Greensboro, NC?
No Greensboro figure is published; CareScout's 2025 survey puts North Carolina's assisted living median at $74,400 a year, about $6,200 a month, exactly the national median and 2% below the state's 2024 figure.
| North Carolina, 2025 | Median per year | Per month (about) | 1-year change | U.S. median per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted living | $74,400 | $6,200 | -2% | $74,400 |
| Nursing home, semi-private room | $116,800 | $9,733 | +10% | $114,975 |
| Nursing home, private room | $129,575 | $10,798 | +9% | $129,575 |
| Home care, non-medical (44 hrs/week) | $68,640 | $5,720 | 0% | $80,080 |
| Adult day health care (5 days/week) | $21,970 | $1,831 | n/a | $24,700 |
CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey, North Carolina results (released March 2, 2026). Monthly figures are the annual medians divided by 12. Home care is priced at 44 hours a week for 52 weeks (exactly $30 an hour). CareScout's North Carolina release publishes statewide medians only: there is no Greensboro or Triad figure and no memory care figure.
Why is there no Greensboro or memory care median?
Because CareScout collects rates by metro area but publishes only state and national medians for North Carolina, and it does not survey memory care as a separate category at all.
Any website quoting a precise “Greensboro memory care average” is estimating. Memory care in a special care unit usually costs more than standard assisted living in the same building, often by a monthly surcharge or a higher care level, so ask each home for its rate sheet in writing. A six-bed family care home and a large campus can be far apart on price for reasons that have nothing to do with quality.
How does home care compare with assisted living on cost?
At CareScout's 2025 North Carolina median of $30 an hour for a non-medical home care worker, about 48 hours of help a week costs roughly the same as the $6,200 assisted living median; fewer hours cost less, round-the-clock care far more.
| Hours of paid help a week | Monthly cost at $30 an hour | Compared with the $6,200 assisted living median |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | $1,300 | below it |
| 20 | $2,600 | below it |
| 30 | $3,900 | below it |
| 40 | $5,200 | below it |
| 44 | $5,720 | below it |
| 56 | $7,280 | above it |
| 84 | $10,920 | above it |
| 168 | $21,840 | above it |
The table assumes the full $30 rate for every hour. Many agencies around Greensboro set minimum visit lengths, and nights or weekends can cost more. Assisted living's price also covers housing and meals, which home care does not.
What do nursing homes cost in North Carolina?
CareScout's 2025 North Carolina medians are $116,800 a year (about $9,733 a month) for a semi-private room and $129,575 (about $10,798 a month) for a private room, up 10% and 9% from 2024.
Few long-stay residents pay that for long. Medicare covers short rehab stays after a qualifying hospital admission, and NC Medicaid pays for most long-term nursing home residents once their savings are spent down; see Medicaid for nursing home care. Adult day health care, at a median of $21,970 a year for five days a week, is the least expensive paid option on the table.
How should a Triad family use these numbers?
As a budget check, not a quote: multiply the monthly median by 24 or 36 months to see how long savings and income could carry private pay, then get written prices from the specific homes on your short list.
Price varies with the room, the level of care and whether a special care unit is involved. If the arithmetic shows savings running out within a year or two, look now at Special Assistance, CAP/DA and VA pension, because each has rules that are easier to meet with planning.
Side by side
| These cost figures are | These cost figures are not | |
|---|---|---|
| Source | CareScout's 2025 North Carolina medians | A Greensboro or Triad survey |
| Memory care | Folded into assisted living pricing | A published median |
| Use | A budgeting benchmark | A quote from any home |
| Home care | $30 an hour statewide median | The price of every agency |
Drawn from G.S. Chapter 131D, 10A NCAC 13F and 13G, DHSR and NCDHHS publications, NC Medicaid, CareScout, CMS, the VA and the Piedmont Triad aging agency cited in the text; our editorial standards explain how we check them.
