Provo Senior AdvisorHow much does assisted living cost in Utah County?
CareScout's 2025 survey puts Utah's median for a private one-bedroom in assisted living at $62,790 a year, about $5,233 a month; no separate Provo-Orem figure is published, so that statewide median is the best public benchmark for Utah County.
| Care type (Utah, 2025) | Annual median | About per month | Change | U.S. median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted living community (private one-bedroom) | $62,790 | $5,233 | +12% since 2024 | $74,400 |
| Nursing home, semi-private room | $104,025 | $8,669 | +4% since 2024 | $114,975 |
| Nursing home, private room | $127,750 | $10,646 | 0% since 2024 | $129,575 |
| Home care, non-medical caregiver (44 hrs/week) | $89,804 | $7,484 | +3% since 2024 | $80,080 |
| Adult day health care (5 days/week) | $36,400 | $3,033 | not reported | $24,700 |
Source: CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey, rates collected from providers July to November 2025, released March 2, 2026.
Utah ranks in the lower half of states for assisted living cost, and the median rose about 12% from 2024. Care-level fees are where Utah County quotes diverge most: two buildings with the same base rent can differ by more than a thousand dollars a month once a resident's assessed needs are priced in.
What does a nursing home cost in Utah?
Utah's 2025 median is $104,025 a year for a semi-private nursing home room, about $285 a day, and $127,750 for a private room.
Few Utah County families pay those numbers for long. Medicare covers a limited skilled rehab stay after a qualifying hospital admission, and Utah Medicaid pays for long-term nursing home care once a resident qualifies financially. Most long stays end up on Medicaid; see Utah Medicaid for long-term care.
How much is in-home care per hour in Utah County?
Utah's 2025 median for a non-medical home care aide is about $39.25 an hour, which is $89,804 a year at CareScout's 44-hours-a-week basis; Utah ranks among the more expensive states for home care even though its assisted living is below the national median.
That gap shapes decisions here more than in most places. At around 31 paid hours a week, home care already costs about as much as Utah's assisted living median, as the home care vs. assisted living comparison shows. Agencies also set minimum shift lengths, so a few hours a day can cost more per hour than the median.
Is there a published price for memory care in Utah County?
No. CareScout does not survey memory care as its own category, so no memory care median exists for Utah, Utah County or anywhere else; ask each secure unit for written pricing.
We will not print an invented average. In practice, secure units in Utah County price above the same building's regular assisted living, and some bill memory care as a flat all-inclusive rate while others add care points. Compare the total monthly bill, not the base rate.
Why doesn't anyone publish a Provo or Orem cost figure?
CareScout collects rates by metro area but released only state and national medians for its 2025 survey, so any website quoting a precise Provo-Orem median is estimating.
The honest approach is to start from the Utah figures above, then gather three written quotes in the part of the county where family will visit, whether that is north county around Lehi and American Fork or south county around Spanish Fork and Payson.
Side by side
| Published Utah figures | Not published anywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted living | $62,790/yr Utah median | A Provo-Orem median |
| Memory care | No published figure | A Utah memory care median |
| Home care | $39.25/hour Utah median | City-by-city hourly rates |
| Nursing home | $104,025/yr semi-private | Medicaid daily rates by facility |
Sources: Utah Admin. Code R432-270, Utah DHHS and DLBC pages, MAG Aging & Family Services, CareScout and VA rate tables as cited; see our editorial standards.
