Assisted Living in New Bern, NC
New Bern has 9 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in North Carolina is $6,496 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 9 licensed assisted living communities in New Bern
Every assisted living community North Carolina licenses in New Bern, 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.
9 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The Indigo at New Bernmemory care4522 Old Cherry Point Road | Large72 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| Morning Star Assisted Living #6104 Efird Boulevard | Large64 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| Homeplace of New Bernmemory care1309 McCarthy Blvd. | Large60 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| Navion of New Bern1336 South Glenburnie Road | Large60 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| The Gardens of Trentmemory care2915 Brunswick Avenue | Large60 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| Truewood by Merrill, New Bern2701 Amhurst Boulevard | Large55 residents | from $3,200/mo |
| Golden Heights Assisted Living603 West Street | Large54 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| The Viridian3003 Waterscape Way | Mid-size48 residents | $4,400 to $7,050/moLilisity estimate |
| Truewood by Merrill, New Bern Memory Carememory care2701 Amhurst Boulevard | Mid-size25 residents | from $3,200/mo |
How much does assisted living cost in New Bern?
The median cost of assisted living in North Carolina is $6,496 a month ($77,952 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 2 New Bern communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $3,200 to $3,200 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in North Carolina, 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 New Bern 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 New Bern community’s license
North Carolina 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: info.ncdhhs.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
New Bern assisted living questions
North Carolina licenses 9 assisted living communities in New Bern as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in North Carolina is $6,496 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. North Carolina's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
North Carolina publishes its licensing records at info.ncdhhs.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.