Assisted Living in Myrtle Beach, SC
Myrtle Beach has 8 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in South Carolina is $5,350 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 8 licensed assisted living communities in Myrtle Beach
Every assisted living community South Carolina licenses in Myrtle Beach, 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.
8 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach Grove Senior Livingmemory care3620 Happy Woods Ct | Large142 residents | from $3,175/mo |
| American House Myrtle Beachmemory care6151 Colline Verdi Way | Large122 residents | $3,350 to $5,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Portside at Grande Dunesmemory care901 Portside Dr | Large120 residents | $3,350 to $5,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Myrtle Beach Manor Retirement Communitymemory care9547 Hwy 17 N | Large111 residents | $3,350 to $5,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Indigo at Carolina Forestmemory care176 Village Center Blvd | Large85 residents | from $4,600/mo |
| Brightwater Assisted Livingmemory care201 Brightwater Dr | Large56 residents | $3,350 to $5,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Reflections at Carolina Forestmemory care219 Middleburg Dr | Mid-size42 residents | $3,350 to $5,350/moLilisity estimate |
| Arbor Landing at Surfsidememory care3105 Dick Pond Rd | Mid-size40 residents | $3,350 to $5,350/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Myrtle Beach?
The median cost of assisted living in South Carolina is $5,350 a month ($64,200 a year), below the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 2 Myrtle Beach communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $3,175 to $4,600 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in South 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 Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach community’s license
South 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: dph.sc.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Myrtle Beach assisted living questions
South Carolina licenses 8 assisted living communities in Myrtle Beach as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in South Carolina is $5,350 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. South Carolina's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
South Carolina publishes its licensing records at dph.sc.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.