Continuing Care Retirement Communities in Burke County, North Carolina

CaringScore for Burke County, NC

CaringScore was designed to help millions of Americans find the best places to retire, age in place, or receive eldercare. The CaringScore for continuing care retirement communities in Burke was based on more than 50 factors in three key categories: health, cost, and livability. By compiling and analyzing this data, Caring.com is able to rate the quality of life you or a loved one might expect should you choose continuing care retirement communities in Burke.

A CaringScore can range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and provides a quick way to compare cities, counties, and even specific zip codes. With a CaringScore of 5.1, Burke is on par with the national average for those seeking continuing care retirement communities.

The charts below highlight a few of the factors we used to calculate the CaringScore for Burke. Choose a category score to learn more.

Physicians Per Capita

Cost of Healthcare Index

Sunny Days Per Year

HealthScore for Burke County, NC

HealthScore, a component of the overall CaringScore for continuing care retirement communities in Burke, rates a region on a scale of 1 (less healthful) to 10 (more healthful). It's specifically tailored to anyone looking for continuing care retirement communities. The HealthScore for Burke is based on the availability of healthcare resources, air and water quality, the overall health of the local population, and other key factors. With a HealthScore of 5.8, Burke rates above average for those seeking continuing care retirement communities.

Easy access to physicians -- especially geriatricians and other key specialists -- is important to older adults. At just 179.5 physicians per capita, Burke trails the national average by 18.6 percent. Burke scores 69.2 percent better than the national average in geriatricians per capita, with 2.2, and scores 20.5 percent below the national average in specialists per capita, with 15.5. These medical specialists include cardiologists, oncologists, and orthopedists. The average life expectancy from birth in Burke is 76.3 years -- 2.1 percent lower than most of the country. Air quality in Burke -- one factor in gauging the healthfulness of a region -- is 2.4 percent above average, and water quality -- another key measure of Burke's environmental health -- is 9.1 percent above average.

Doctors Per Capita	Burke County, NC	Nat'l Avg
Physicians	179.5	220.5
Geriatricians	2.2	1.3
Cardiologists	5.6	7.7
Oncologists	3.3	3.5
Orthopedists	4.4	7

Average Life Expectancy

CostScore for Burke County, NC

CostScore, part of the overall CaringScore for continuing care retirement communities in Burke, rates the cost of living for older adults on a scale of 1 (more expensive) to 10 (less expensive). It's specifically tailored to people looking for continuing care retirement communities. The CostScore for Burke is based on data such as the average monthly cost of continuing care retirement communities in the region, the cost of housing and healthcare, regional tax rates, and other key factors. With a CostScore of 5.2, Burke is on par with the national average for continuing care retirement communities.

Because of the broad range of housing, service, and healthcare options available at continuing care retirement communities, no average monthly cost data is available for Burke. The entry fee or purchase price for an independent living community can range from $50,000 to $500,000 or more, and typically requires an additional monthly service fee of $1,000 to $3,000 on average. The cost of living indices below provide the best proxy for comparing costs of continuing care retirement communities in Burke to the rest of the country. Overall, the cost of living for Burke indexes at 8.0 percent lower than the national average. Average healthcare costs are 5.0 percent more expensive than the national average, and the cost of housing is 41.0 percent less expensive than average.

Cost of Living	Burke County, NC
Aggregate Index	92
Healthcare Index	105
Housing Index	59
Food Index	100
Utilities Index	112
Transportation Index	96

Cost of Healthcare Index

LivabilityScore for Burke County, NC

LivabilityScore makes up part of the overall CaringScore for continuing care retirement communities in Burke. On a scale of 1 (less livable) to 10 (more livable), it's a rating of the quality of life in a region, specifically tailored to those looking for continuing care retirement communities. The LivabilityScore for Burke is based on weather, crime rates, economic factors, average age of the population, and other key demographics. With a LivabilityScore of 3.8, Burke rates below average for continuing care retirement communities.

Weather is an important factor in choosing the best place for continuing care retirement communities. The sun shines an average of 214 days each year in Burke, 4.4 percent more sunny days than the rest of the U.S. sees. With an average temperature of 28°F in January, winters tend to be milder in Burke than in other parts of the country, and summers are often hotter than other places, averaging 89°F in July.

Local crime rates are another important indicator. The violent crime rate index in Burke is 4 out of 10, which is about average, and the property crime rate is 25.0 percent higher than average. At $36,731 per year, the population of Burke earns a lower than average median household income. Burke has an unemployment rate of 12.00 percent, roughly 31.9 percent higher than the national average. And about 15.94 percent of the population in Burke is of retirement age -- 65 or older -- which exceeds the national average by 21.1 percent.

Sunny Days Per Year

Avg Temperature (°F)

Property Crime Index

Amenities Per Capita	Burke	Nat'l Avg
Parks	7.8	136.1
Libraries	3.4	18.8
Places of Worship	179.5	220.5
Public Transit	3.1	110.4
Grocery Stores	84.9	97.7
Pharmacies	15.6	13.8

Percent of Population Over Age 65