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The cost of independent living in Elgin is about $4,171 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 28 options. Read 507 reviews, see photos, and learn about amenities that make independent living the ideal next step for adults 55+ who wish to enjoy friendships and hobbies without the hassle of cooking and home maintenance.

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Photo of Amberlin Pflugerville
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My wife and I have been here nearly 6 months and still love it here as much as day one. Everything about Amberlin Pflugerville is wonderful, the staff, the amenities, the events, (something for everyone)...
Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Amberlin Pflugerville is a resort-style, 55 and older active adult community in Pflugerville, Texas. We are currently in construction and anticipating to open December 2022. This brand new senior community brings a maintenance-free lifestyle opportunity for Texas adults who are ready to live...
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They could clean apartments more thoroughly. Food needs more basic options. [name removed] goes above and beyond to help with anything!
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
At Conservatory At North Austin, residents enjoy an independent lifestyle enriched with the affordable luxuries that make life comfortable, carefree and rewarding. From gourmet meals to fun activities; wellness care to resort-style amenities, everything we do at The Conservatory is focused on...
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So glad we didn’t move out!!! With the constant management turn over and lack of communication, lack of care, medication issues we have contemplated moving out multiple times. THINGS ARE CHANGING!! The new...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Life is about more than where you live — it’s about how you live it. At Tech Ridge Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care, we want to rewire expectations when it comes to senior living options. We offer sophisticated, well-appointed apartments and comfortable common areas in a setting of casual...
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My family was looking for an assisted living for my mother, we toured 4 facilities. Once we found Wells Point Lodge we were home. The welcomed us with open arms. The staff makes sure mom come out to...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Wells Point LodgeWells Point Lodge (the community you have known and loved for years as Heatherwilde Assisted Living) is the premier senior living community in Pflugerville, Texas. Conveniently located in Pflugerville, just between Austin and Round Rock, you will quickly understand why this area...
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What we like the most about Parmer Woods is the friendliness of the staff. Yes, we would recommend this community to other families.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Parmer Woods at North Austin is a senior living community located in Austin, Texas, just north of the Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park. We offer both assisted living and memory care. Our memory care is designed as a one-story neighborhood, while the assisted living building is two stories. Both...
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There is a good mix of ages and genders. The med techs are really kind and the rooms are little apartments that you can really personalize. My loved one is always complaining about the food
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Parsons House Austin is a licensed Type A Assisted Living by the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. At Parsons House Austin, we offer a variety of community features. We love to accommodate visiting guests, meals included. Dining includes restaurant-style dining, private dining rooms...
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My mom really likes Double Creek assisted living! Staff is extremely helpful and concerned about my mom's wellbeing. Everything is working out great.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Life should be refined and graceful. Full and festive. Rich and rewarding. Life, in a word, should be fun. At Double Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care in Round Rock, we empower our residents to live the enriched, active, happy life they deserve in a vibrant atmosphere where smiles and...
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I would say to come and visit because you will enjoy it. They have activities like work outs all day, indoor swimming pool, there is a card room, a theater and evening activities. There is so much to do that...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Living in Austin, TXWelcome to Buckner Villas!These are the best years of your life, and we know that you’re not simply looking for a place to settle. You’re looking for a senior living community that will engage you, care for you, and invest in you. That’s exactly what you’ll find at...
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I am very happy here, partly because of the staff but mainly because of the other residents. This is not a perfect place but it comes close.
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provident Crossings is the Austin area's newest independent living community. Provident Crossing Retirement Resort comprises 128 apartments for adults 55 and over — including studio apartments, one, two, and three-bedroom suites and a variety of floor plans. Provident Crossing is an all-inclusive...
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Photo of New Haven Assisted Living and Memory Care of Bastrop
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There are a couple of CNA that have taken great care of dad. A new administrator was hired in October and everything changed. The current administer is does not really care about clients. She is...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
At New Haven our residents are at the center of everything we do, and you’ll see that the moment you step through the front door of a New Haven community. From our small, intimate buildings designed for a sense of connection to the wonderful meals we serve to our daily commitment to the health...
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Photo of Sage Valley
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My Grandmother stays here and receives physical therapy everyday, everyone is so helpful and caring. I was very impressed with the food and extracurriculars were well thought out, very genuine people. 5...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Living a vibrant life at any age is a life worth living, and no matter where you are in life's journey, home is meant to be a place of comfort and enjoyment! Sage Valley Senior Living offers you or your loved ones a beautiful blend of privacy, safety, security, and community to create a warm and...
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We’ve been with Heritage Lakes for a couple of years. My mom and her brother started in independent living in their spacious and beautiful two bedroom cottages by the lake. The management and staff go above...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Photo of The Springs of Austin Assisted Living and Memory Care
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
The Springs of Austin provides assisted living, memory care, and respite care services. Our community has 32 private apartments for residents' comfort. We are committed to providing an engaging atmosphere for all our residents and our team is passionate about senior care while treating all with...
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It is a great community, and I would recommend it to anyone. They have a variety of activities such as Zumba, social activities, swimming and more for the residents to choose from. They have a continental...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Overture Mueller is the perfect place to find a 55+ apartment homes for rent in Austin, Texas. Live the carefree lifestyle you’ve always wanted. Say goodbye to all the ‘to-dos’ that go along with home ownership and maintenance, and say hello to more time to enjoy the thriving, creative city of...
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A seat in the shower could be a nice improvement, but overall everything has been very pleasant and based on the experience we have had so far we would recommend this community to other families
Provides: Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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I came here looking for a new purpose. An insurance issue closed the wood shop.i talked mgmt in letting me clean it up. I converted it to an art studio.everyone is invited to create their own masterpiece....
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
At Affinity at Wells Branch we’ve created a new kind of 55+ lifestyle community for people who are ambitious about the years ahead and aren’t willing to compromise their freedom.Rents start at $1,400, which includes everything: utilities, WiFi, expanded television services, swimming pool, hot...
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During the stay at fairway my father seemed to make many improvements. The decision to move him to an assisted living was a hard step to swallow but after the recent passing of my mother seemed more than...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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They are a pretty good community it takes a lot to get a perfect score out of me but they are doing a very good job. Our loved one stays busy here and is enjoying all the activities they have for them. If...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Argent Court Bastrop is an assisted living community which has been in operation since 2001.  Argent Court is licensed by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services as a Type B Large assisted living community.  Argent Court is currently undergoing an expansion project, adding...
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Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of independent living in Elgin, TX

The average cost of senior living in Elgin is $4,171 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Thrall, TX with an average of $3,572 per month.

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Elgin, TX vs. nearby cities

Elgin, TX
$4,171/mo
$4,068/mo
$4,385/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Elgin, TX vs. the state and national average

Elgin, TX
$4,171/mo
$4,153/mo
U.S. national average
$4,087/mo

Average monthly cost of Independent Living in Elgin vs. other types of senior living

$5,382/mo
Independent Living
$4,171/mo

Median monthly costs of Independent Living in Elgin, TX by room type

Semi-Private
$4,197/mo
Studio
$4,880/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,962/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,978/mo
Detached Cottage/Bungalow
$3,500/mo

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Planning ahead can better position you to make good choices for your loved one’s care in the future. But if your aging family member needs care now, there are ways to finance the cost of long-term care through a combination of approaches.

What families are saying about independent living in Elgin

Recent reviews for independent living in Elgin

Brookdale Westlake Hills in Austin, TX

4.9
My mom is absolutely thriving at Brookdale, thanks to staff and management. Thank you for how well you run the place and for keeping the ambiance homey, clean, and up-to-date. Thank you for the wonderful array of activities too. My mom especially appreciates painting class, 7 Little Words, Meet ...
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Sundara Senior Living in Round Rock, TX

5.0
My father joined the Sundara community a week ago. He is very happy there. He told my sister that they they treat him like royalty. It is a loving community where he gets the best care possible. The staff goes out of their way to ensure he has everything he needs to be well cared for both ...
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Brookdale North Austin

4.8
The facility is not too large and therefore, I think there is a greater level of care. Everyone who works there, including the manager chips and to help when needed. The have won several awards over the last few years. I would highly recommend Brookdale North Austin to anyone!

Elgin independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Elgin independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Elgin, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Elgin independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Elgin partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Elgin, TXNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
18.5%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
40.7%
34.2%
No sugar
No sugar
40.7%
30.8%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
29.6%
33.5%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
18.5%
9.2%
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Availability of select dining options in Elgin independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Elgin communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Elgin, TXNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
37%
36.4%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
37%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
40.7%
36.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
25.9%
17.3%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Elgin independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Elgin offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Elgin, TXNational
Activity director
Activity director
55.6%
44.8%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
40.7%
28.2%
Community service programs
Community service programs
55.6%
32.6%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
48.1%
47.8%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
74.1%
48.8%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
70.4%
54.1%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
44.4%
42.8%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
51.9%
37.9%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
59.3%
41.4%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
66.7%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
63%
46.7%
Dances
Dances
48.1%
32.5%
Fitness center
Fitness center
51.9%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
66.7%
46.3%
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Amberlin Pflugerville, Brookdale Westlake Hills and Pavilion at Great Hills are the top-rated independent living facilities near Elgin, Texas. See full list of communities.

There are 28 independent living facilities near Elgin, Texas. See the full list.

The best independent living facilities near you in Elgin, Texas are Pavilion at Great Hills, Atria at the Arboretum and The Waterford at Round Rock. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.

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