Assisted Living in Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville has 13 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Virginia is $6,945 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 13 licensed assisted living communities in Charlottesville
Every assisted living community Virginia licenses in Charlottesville, 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.
13 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Senior Living At Charlottesvillememory care1550 Pantops Mountain Place | Size not listed— residents | from $4,217/mo |
| Linden Housememory care1250 Branchlands Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| Martha Jefferson House1600 Gordon Avenue | Size not listed— residents | from $2,000/mo |
| Monticello Ridge Crossing Residential ALF218 Ridge Street | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| Our Lady Of Peace (Assisted Living and Memory Care)memory care751 Hillsdale Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| RoseWood Village at Greenbriermemory care500 Greenbrier Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| RoseWood Village at Hollymeadmemory care2029 Lockwood Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| The Barclay at Charlottesvillememory care343 Archer Avenue | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| The Blake at Charlottesvillememory care250 Nichols Court | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| The Colonnadesmemory care100 Colonnades Hill Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| The Estates at Charlottesvillememory care491 Crestwood Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| The Heritage Inn Assisted Living and Memory Care Facilitymemory care220 South Pantops Drive | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
| Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridgememory care250 Pantops Mountain Road | Size not listed— residents | $4,350 to $6,950/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Charlottesville?
The median cost of assisted living in Virginia is $6,945 a month ($83,340 a year), above the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 2 Charlottesville communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $2,000 to $4,217 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Virginia, 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 Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville community’s license
Virginia 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: dss.virginia.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Charlottesville assisted living questions
Virginia licenses 13 assisted living communities in Charlottesville as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Virginia is $6,945 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. Virginia's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Virginia publishes its licensing records at dss.virginia.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.