Assisted Living in Wilmington, DE
Wilmington has 12 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Delaware is $7,600 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 12 licensed assisted living communities in Wilmington
Every assisted living community Delaware licenses in Wilmington, 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.
12 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Harbor Chase of Wilmington2004 Shipley Road | Large120 residents | from $7,195/mo |
| Rockland Place1519 Rockland Place | Large104 residents | from $4,925/mo |
| The Lorelton2200 West 4th Street | Large99 residents | from $3,500/mo |
| Sunrise Assisted Living of Wilmington2215 Shipley Road | Large90 residents | from $5,400/mo |
| Asbury Ivy Gables2210 Swiss Lane | Large62 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
| Ingleside Assisted Living1605 North Brook Street | Large60 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
| Lodge Lane Assisted Living, Kutz Senior Living Campus1221 Lodge Lane | Large60 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
| Arden Courts at Wilmington700 1/2 Foulk Road | Large56 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
| Encore at Windsor Hills Assisted Living – Wilmington1212 Foulk Road | Mid-size44 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
| Forwood Estates Senior Living1912 Marsh Road | Mid-size40 residents | from $6,200/mo |
| OakBridge Terrace at Country House, Acts Senior Living4830 Kennett Pike | Mid-size40 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
| Encore at Wilmington Assisted Living2723 Shipley Road | Mid-size17 residents | $4,750 to $7,650/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Wilmington?
The median cost of assisted living in Delaware is $7,600 a month ($91,200 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 5 Wilmington communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $3,500 to $7,195 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Delaware, 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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington community’s license
Delaware 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: dhss.delaware.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Wilmington assisted living questions
Delaware licenses 12 assisted living communities in Wilmington as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Delaware is $7,600 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. Delaware's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Delaware publishes its licensing records at dhss.delaware.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.