Assisted Living in Porterville, CA
Porterville has 20 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in California is $7,000 a month (CareScout 2025), against $6,200 nationally.
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Choosing Assisted Living
A practical guide for families, with checklists to take on your tours.
- What assisted living costs and the ways to pay
- Signs it may be time
- Tour checklists to print and take with you
- What residents and families told us matters most
All 20 licensed assisted living communities in Porterville
Every assisted living community California licenses in Porterville, from state records. Being listed is not a rating: Lilisity scores only communities with verified interviews (the Top Communities). Communities with verified testimonials are listed first, then by size.
20 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bella Home403 N. Ryan Terrace | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Bella Home Senior Care1968 W Monache Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Haleys Home Care1966 Date Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Jeffries Home RCFE2545 W White Chapel Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Johnson Home 11222419 Ave 112 | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Merzoian Ranch21402 Avenue 112 | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Price Elderly643 North Maurer Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Price Elderly 2585 W Kanai Ave | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Serenity Senior Care164 East Yates | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| The Cottage19127 Avenue 150 | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| The Domingo Home2069 Linda Vista | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Timmerman D and M Family Care Home22547 Ave 178 | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Wiggins Home 3677 S Sierra Street | Small home6 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Atkins Way Home1551 N. Atkins Way | Small home5 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Gaither's Family Home1441 San Lucia Avenue | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Gurrola Care Home #3287 Teapot Dome #b | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Merzoian Ranch 2668 W. Willow Oak Ave. | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Searcy Home2482 Crickelwood Ct | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Todd Family Home22755 Ave 178 | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
| Wiggins Home 42102 West Orange Avenue | Small home4 residents | $4,800 to $7,750/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Porterville?
The median cost of assisted living in California is $7,000 a month ($84,000 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in California, with CareScout medians and the private-pay rates nursing homes publish.
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. People pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or VA Aid and Attendance (up to $29,093 a year for a veteran in 2026), and some qualify for Medicaid help with care costs at communities that accept it. Who actually pays for long-term care.
Free tools: how long will the money last? · home care or assisted living? · VA Aid and Attendance estimator
Three questions to ask on every Porterville tour
From about 23,000 concerns residents and families raised in Senior Living Alliance phone interviews, the most common are about dining, housekeeping and hearing back from management.
- Can I come back and eat a meal here, unannounced?Dining was 23% of all concerns: quality that changes day to day.
- How is laundry labeled and tracked, and what happens when something goes missing?Housekeeping was 17%.
- Who is my main contact, and how often will I hear from them?Communication with management was 15%.
All 8 tour questions, with a free printable tour card (PDF).
Check a Porterville community’s license
California publishes licensing records, and in most cases inspection or complaint reports, for every community on this page. Look up any community on the state’s site: ccld.dss.ca.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Porterville assisted living questions
California licenses 20 assisted living communities in Porterville as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in California is $7,000 a month (CareScout 2025), compared with $6,200 nationally. Prices vary with the room, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet. The table on this page shows each community's published price or a Lilisity estimate where we have one, and our free guide lists the questions to ask about cost.
Medicaid doesn't pay rent or meals in assisted living. Most states offer a Medicaid waiver or program that can pay for care services at participating communities for people who qualify; not every community takes it, so ask each one. California's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
California publishes its licensing records at ccld.dss.ca.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.