Licensed senior care in Oregon
All 2,280 licensed communities in the state, from Oregon Department of Human Services's own register — not a selection, and never an advertiser list. Pick the area she lives in, or the one you can get to.
- Portland metro Portland, Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, Milwaukie and the rest of the metro 1,387 licensed communities $7,889 a month, assisted living
- Salem Salem, Keizer and Marion and Polk counties 232 licensed communities $7,250 a month, assisted living
- Rural Oregon Everywhere the survey measures as one rural market — the coast, the gorge, Klamath, Douglas, eastern Oregon 219 licensed communities $6,238 a month, assisted living
- Eugene and Springfield Eugene, Springfield and the rest of Lane County 129 licensed communities $7,690 a month, assisted living
- Medford Medford, Ashland, Central Point and Jackson County 117 licensed communities $6,875 a month, assisted living
- Bend Bend, Redmond and central Oregon 76 licensed communities $8,808 a month, assisted living
- Albany Albany, Lebanon and Linn County 49 licensed communities $7,000 a month, assisted living
- Grants Pass Grants Pass and Josephine County 49 licensed communities $7,163 a month, assisted living
- Corvallis Corvallis and Benton County 22 licensed communities $5,249 a month, assisted living
Bars are zero-based and proportional to the highest figure shown, so their lengths can be compared directly. Assisted living, published median per month.
Browse by type of care
- Assisted living 240
- Residential care 332
- Memory care 252
- Nursing homes 128
- Adult foster care 1,580
- Independent living curated
What these figures are, and are not
Every community here comes from the state licensing register, which publishes licensed capacity — how many residents the license permits — and nothing about how many places are free this week. Ask about openings on the first call.
The published median for assisted living in Oregon is $6,875 a month ($82,494 a year) — 11% above the national median of $6,200 (CareScout (Genworth) Cost of Care Survey, 2025). Where in the state matters more than that average suggests, which is why the figure on each card above is that area's own.
Across Oregon, about 40 hours a week of care at home costs what assisted living costs — the arithmetic, area by area.
What Medicaid pays in Oregon
1,872 of Oregon's 2,280 licensed communities accept Medicaid — 82% of them. If the person qualifies, these are the rates the state pays the provider. They are not private-pay prices — what care actually costs here is a different page and a much larger number.
| Adult foster home | between $2,332 and $7,773 a month, depending on assessed care tier |
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| Assisted living | between $2,040 and $4,789 a month, depending on assessed service level |
| Nursing facility | $16,511 a month ($568 a day)basic nursing care |
| Residential care | between $3,482 and $6,290 a month, depending on assessed care tier |
| Memory care endorsed units | $6,480 a monthonly where the endorsement is held |
| Room and board | $773 a monthpaid separately, from the resident's own income |
What Oregon Medicaid pays a provider, not a private-pay market price. Room and board is separate and comes from the resident's own income.
Levels and tiers are set by an assessment of the person's needs, not chosen by the family — more help means a higher tier. The communities marked Accepts Medicaid throughout this site are the ones that take these rates; ask any of them directly whether they have a Medicaid opening, because accepting Medicaid and having a bed for it are two different things.
Source: Oregon Department of Human Services, export dated 2026-09-17.Inspection reports and any substantiated violations for each provider are public on that portal.
The free service in every county, and its number
Oregon has 16 Area Agencies on Aging, between them covering every county in the state. They are free, they are not part of the senior-housing industry, and they run the subsidized meals, the rides, the in-home help, respite for you and benefits screening. What they do, and who else is paid by whom.
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Clackamas County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Columbia County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Gilliam · Hood River · Morrow · Sherman · Umatilla · Wasco · Wheeler Counties
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Baker · Grant · Union · Wallowa Counties
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Crook · Deschutes · Jefferson Counties
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Douglas County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Harney County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Klamath · Lake Counties — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Lane County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Malheur County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Multnomah County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
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Clatsop · Marion · Polk · Tillamook · Yamhill Counties
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Benton · Linn · Lincoln Counties
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Jackson · Josephine Counties
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Coos · Curry Counties
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Washington County — county worked out from the agency name, not printed by the state
Transcribed by hand from the state's own branch-contact workbook rather than copied wholesale: it lists 79 offices, most of them named staff with personal email addresses, and what a family needs is sixteen agencies and a phone number. The state prints the county list for 7 of the 16; the other 9 each serve the county or counties they are named after, which is an inference of ours and is marked as one on the row. Checked 2026-08-16 against the ODHS workbook, which is the authority if it and this page ever disagree.