Assisted Living in Sterling Heights, MI
Sterling Heights has 15 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Michigan is $5,818 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 15 licensed assisted living communities in Sterling Heights
Every assisted living community Michigan licenses in Sterling Heights, 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.
15 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge of Plumbrook Senior Living8350 Plumbrook Road | Large238 residents | from $3,000/mo |
| The Shorehaven14560 Lakeshore Circle | Large181 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Pine Ridge of Hayes43707 Hayes Road | Large170 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| American House Sterling Woods36430 VanDyke Ave. | Large156 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Waltonwood Lakeside IL14750 Lakeside Circle | Large156 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Oakmont Manor41255 Pond View Drive | Large147 residents | from $2,295/mo |
| American House Sterling Heights11255 15 Mile Road | Large146 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Oakmont Sterling41155 Pond View Drive | Large125 residents | from $2,500/mo |
| My Doctors Innmemory care8384 Metropolitan Parkway | Large101 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Sterling Heights Comfort Care44256 Mound Rd. | Large93 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Waltonwood at Lakesidememory care14650 Lakeside Circle | Large90 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| American House Sterling Meadows33433 Schoenherr | Large81 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Pomeroy Living Sterling Assistedmemory care2200 15 Mile Road | Large74 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Arden Courts (Sterling Heights)memory care11095 14 Mile Rd | Large56 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
| Town Village Sterling Hgts - The Gem Memory Carememory care4500 Dobry Drive | Mid-size33 residents | $3,650 to $5,850/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Sterling Heights?
The median cost of assisted living in Michigan is $5,818 a month ($69,816 a year), below the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 3 Sterling Heights communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $2,295 to $3,000 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Michigan, 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 Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights community’s license
Michigan 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: michigan.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Sterling Heights assisted living questions
Michigan licenses 15 assisted living communities in Sterling Heights as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Michigan is $5,818 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. Michigan's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Michigan publishes its licensing records at michigan.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.