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Compare Assisted Living around Minnesota
Info below is compiled from the MN Dept. of Health, senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.
Communities are listed from highest to lowest based on our ranking methodology.
| Presbyterian Homes of Bloomington | AL IL MC NH SNF | Bloomington (West Bloomington) | 111
Facility
111
MN AVG
61
Rank
#97 / 528 | No |
37
Facility
37
MN AVG
43
Rank
#357 / 632 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 29
Facility
29
MN AVG
18
Rank
#20 / 138 | 81.1% | - | 87.1%
Facility
87.1%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#41 / 149 | 4 | 21
Facility
21
MN AVG
10
Rank
#248 / 274 | 5.3
Facility
5.3
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#71 / 274 | ||
| Trillium Woods | AL IL MC NH SNF | Plymouth (Glacier Vista) | 44
Facility
44
MN AVG
61
Rank
#273 / 528 | No |
4
Facility
4
MN AVG
43
Rank
#585 / 632 | - | 11
Facility
11
MN AVG
18
Rank
#89 / 138 | 72.7% | A+ | - | - | - | 3 | 4
Facility
4
MN AVG
10
Rank
#27 / 274 | 1.3
Facility
1.3
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#12 / 274 |
| Pelican Valley Senior Living | AL HOS MC NH RC SNF | Pelican Rapids (East Mill Avenue) | 28
Facility
28
MN AVG
61
Rank
#344 / 528 | No |
58
Facility
58
MN AVG
43
Rank
#191 / 632 | Private Rooms | - | 91.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Golden LivingCenter in Moorhead | AL NH | Moorhead | 42
Facility
42
MN AVG
61
Rank
#280 / 528 | No |
48
Facility
48
MN AVG
43
Rank
#272 / 632 | - | - | 86.7% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Folkestone | AL IL MC NH SNF | Wayzata (South Wayzata Boulevard) | 90
Facility
90
MN AVG
61
Rank
#142 / 528 | No |
53
Facility
53
MN AVG
43
Rank
#233 / 632 | - | - | 32.2% | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9
Facility
9
MN AVG
10
Rank
#123 / 274 | 3.0
Facility
3.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#19 / 274 |
| Walker Methodist Walker Place | AL IL MC NH RC SNF | Minneapolis (Southwest Minneapolis) | 120
Facility
120
MN AVG
61
Rank
#71 / 528 | Yes |
74
Facility
74
MN AVG
43
Rank
#86 / 632 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 20
Facility
20
MN AVG
18
Rank
#41 / 138 | 96.7% | A+ | 91.3%
Facility
91.3%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#14 / 149 | 1 | 9
Facility
9
MN AVG
10
Rank
#123 / 274 | 9.0
Facility
9.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#137 / 274 | ||
| Lifecare Medical Center | AL HOS NH PC SNF | Se Roseau | 45
Facility
45
MN AVG
61
Rank
#270 / 528 | No |
58
Facility
58
MN AVG
43
Rank
#191 / 632 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Asst Lvg In Heritage Hall | AL IL MC NH SNF | Bloomington (West Bloomington) | 52
Facility
52
MN AVG
61
Rank
#248 / 528 | No |
50
Facility
50
MN AVG
43
Rank
#250 / 632 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 16
Facility
16
MN AVG
10
Rank
#218 / 274 | 4.0
Facility
4.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#34 / 274 |
| New Perspective Columbia Heights | AL IL MC | Columbia Heights | 85
Facility
85
MN AVG
61
Rank
#158 / 528 | Yes |
60
Facility
60
MN AVG
43
Rank
#173 / 632 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 19
Facility
19
MN AVG
18
Rank
#47 / 138 | 85.9% | A+ | 85%
Facility
85%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#50 / 149 | 1 | 6
Facility
6
MN AVG
10
Rank
#60 / 274 | 6.0
Facility
6.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#72 / 274 | ||
| Nine Mile Creek Senior Living | AL IL MC | Bloomington (West Bloomington) | 107
Facility
107
MN AVG
61
Rank
#108 / 528 | No |
29
Facility
29
MN AVG
43
Rank
#423 / 632 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 16
Facility
16
MN AVG
18
Rank
#71 / 138 | 93.5% | A+ | 80.7%
Facility
80.7%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#76 / 149 | 1 | 1
Facility
1
MN AVG
10
Rank
#5 / 274 | 1.0
Facility
1.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#5 / 274 | ||
| Haven Homes Assisted Living | AL HOS IL MC NH RC SNF | Maple Plain | 106
Facility
106
MN AVG
61
Rank
#110 / 528 | Yes |
45
Facility
45
MN AVG
43
Rank
#295 / 632 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vernon Terrace of Edina | AL IL MC | Edina (Grandview) | 170
Facility
170
MN AVG
61
Rank
#18 / 528 | Yes |
70
Facility
70
MN AVG
43
Rank
#111 / 632 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | - | 87.6% | - | 82.9%
Facility
82.9%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#62 / 149 | 1 | 2
Facility
2
MN AVG
10
Rank
#10 / 274 | 2.0
Facility
2.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#14 / 274 | ||
| Chosen Valley Assisted Living | AL HOS IL NH SNF | Se Chatfield | 40
Facility
40
MN AVG
61
Rank
#293 / 528 | No |
43
Facility
43
MN AVG
43
Rank
#308 / 632 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Friendship Village of Bloomington | AL IL MC NH SNF | Bloomington (West Bloomington) | 85
Facility
85
MN AVG
61
Rank
#158 / 528 | Yes |
16
Facility
16
MN AVG
43
Rank
#525 / 632 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | 47
Facility
47
MN AVG
18
Rank
#2 / 138 | 84.7% | - | 78.9%
Facility
78.9%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#90 / 149 | 4 | 26
Facility
26
MN AVG
10
Rank
#259 / 274 | 6.5
Facility
6.5
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#96 / 274 | ||
| Trouvaille Memory Care Suites | AL MC | Excelsior (Chanhassen) | 51
Facility
51
MN AVG
61
Rank
#256 / 528 | No |
47
Facility
47
MN AVG
43
Rank
#279 / 632 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | - | 94.1% | - | 89.5%
Facility
89.5%
MN AVG
80.3
Rank
#25 / 149 | 1 | 1
Facility
1
MN AVG
10
Rank
#5 / 274 | 1.0
Facility
1.0
MN AVG
10.0
Rank
#5 / 274 |
Welcoming seniors and guests with its bright and airy spaces, New Perspective Mankato in Dublin Road, Mankato, MN, is a trusted senior living community that offers assisted living, independent living, and memory care. The community features pet-friendly and sophisticated layouts including one-bedroom and two-bedroom residences for seniors to enjoy a relaxing and safe retirement. With a kind and compassionate team delivering top-tier care and assistance, the community strives to meet seniors’ needs and aspirations.
Come with friends and enjoy engaging activities and fun learning programs to maintain a well-rounded lifestyle. The community is dedicated to enhancing seniors’ quality of life, serving them with delightful and healthy meals for dietary satisfaction. New Perspective Mankato is great for seniors to spend their golden years doing what they love with its incredible amenities and tranquil spaces.
Experience the best of your golden years at Runnstone Senior Living, a blissful retreat in Minneapolis, MN, offering independent living. The community features beautifully furnished and cozy one- and two-bedroom floor plans, ensuring residents’ comfort and safety. Residents ease their worries with on-site maintenance, laundry services, and a state-of-the-art security system.
With a thoughtfully curated calendar of fun recreational activities and engaging programs, residents are encouraged to live actively and make new friends. Meal services are also provided to satisfy residents’ dietary needs. Amenities include a fitness center, a clubhouse, a multipurpose room, and a vast courtyard, creating the ideal setting for residents to thrive in retirement.
Experience the carefree retirement you’ve always dreamed of at Talamore Woodbury, a breathtaking senior living community located in Woodbury, MN, offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, and enhanced care services. The community thoughtfully designed its variety of floor plans to be accessible, aesthetic, and full of features, such as large windows for natural light, new stainless steel appliances, and WiFi access. Residents and their families feel comfortable and supported with a 24-hour emergency response system, dedicated personal care team, and full-time RN.
Ensuring residents live an active and fulfilling lifestyle, the community provides a comprehensive Life Enrichment program featuring a diverse array of activities and classes. A fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment & regularly scheduled exercise programming, ensures residents maintain their strength and mobility. Residents stay nourished and healthy with healthy meals that cater to an array of dietary requests. Amenities include a library, bistro, fireside lounge, scheduled outings, and their Foresite technology for proactively managing and anticipating residents’ care needs.
Diane’s Place is a small care home located on Northwest 180th Lane in a rural pocket of Elk River, Minnesota. The property is a single-level house with 10 total beds, offering a choice between private and shared bedrooms. The single-story footprint allows residents to get around easily without dealing with stairs.
Daily life here focuses on basic, non-medical care, lodging, and everyday supervision. The Minnesota Department of Health inspected the property and noted several compliance issues that needed fixing, specifically regarding fire safety logs, emergency readiness files, and general recordkeeping.
The location itself is quiet and tucked away, carrying a walkability score of just 1 out of 100, so families need a car or scheduled transit to handle medical visits, shopping, and outside errands.
Prospective residents looking for a smaller, house-scale care setting can get in touch with the operator to see which rooms are currently open. The home currently has a 60 percent occupancy rate, meaning the staff looks after a relatively small group of people at any given time.
Nestled in the serene neighborhood of Roseville, MN, Sunrise of Roseville is a dependable senior living community that offers assisted living, memory care, short-term stays, and hospice coordination. Residents here indulge in comfort and relaxation in their stunning and carefully built accommodations. The community’s competent and compassionate team of care experts are available day and night to support residents with their daily living activities and deliver any other care services they may need.
Focused on helping its residents maintain an active and fulfilling living experience, the community provides a wide range of fun, exciting, and stimulating activities, programs, and events. The community also ensures its residents are getting proper nourishment to maintain their health and energy levels by serving tasty, health-conscious meals daily. With its serene environment, dependable care team, and brimming amenities, Sunrise of Roseville guarantees its residents a rewarding lifestyle.
With forty-one beds in Maple Grove, Minnesota, Beehive Homes sits in a Car-dependent neighborhood, with a Walk Score of 24. The facility is seven years into operation, owned by Iona Childs, and currently running at 95 percent occupancy (39 of 41 beds occupied).
It’s licensed for assisted living and memory care. Residents need to be 55 or older. Private rooms are the housing model. Meals come from a dietitian and are adjusted for individual dietary requirements. That’s not an afterthought; the facility explicitly centers it on comfort and nourishment.
Rehabilitation and respite services are available. A doctor is on staff. Nursing runs around the clock. The community includes a secured outdoor courtyard, hair salon, weekly housekeeping, and maintains a smoke-free environment. The program framework is called Engaging Daily Life.
State inspections have consistently pointed to medication management, fire-safety systems, emergency preparedness, environmental safety, food handling, and upkeep. The facility’s deficiency rate is below the Minnesota average, which is worth noting in the context of a seven-year-old operation.
For adults over 55 seeking assisted living with memory care capability in a small, stable setting, the combination of high occupancy, on-site medical oversight, and established housekeeping infrastructure suggests a straightforward community that handles both care levels simultaneously.
Aurora on France Senior Living is a 130-bed nursing home located on France Avenue in Edina, Minnesota. Owned by Nadette Waligora, the facility accepts Medicare and private pay to cover care expenses. The surrounding neighborhood is highly walkable, allowing visitors to handle most errands entirely on foot.
The facility focuses heavily on transitional care, with residents staying for an average of just 22 days as they move through post-acute rehabilitation and recovery. To support this fast-paced environment, the floor staff provides 7 hours and 17 minutes of total nursing care per resident each day, which includes 5 hours and 54 minutes of daily care specifically from nurse aides. This setup is designed for individuals recovering from surgery, managing complex medical needs, or transitioning out of a hospital stay.
Daily life includes a mix of therapy routines and social activities, such as weekly coffee visits, movie outings, shopping trips, and spiritual programming. Residents also have access to wellness classes and outdoor spaces. The 24-hour staff handles daily treatments and rehab services, and the facility offers respite care for families needing short-term skilled support.
Prospective individuals checking out local options can find a practical setup for short-term recovery due to the heavy rehab focus and the convenient location. The admissions department can be reached directly to clarify current bed availability, confirm specific insurance coverages, or arrange an in-person tour of the campus.
Executive Health Services runs a small care home on Ivy Avenue East in St. Paul, Minnesota. The property is a single-story house with a five-bed capacity and currently houses three residents, operating at a 60 percent occupancy rate. The single-floor design means residents can move between their bedrooms and the main living spaces without navigating any stairs.
The daily routine centers on basic personal care, meals, and general supervision in a household setting. The neighborhood has a walkability score of 67 out of 100, making it a moderately walkable area where staff can easily manage short errands on foot, though a vehicle is still useful for major medical appointments.
Older adults looking for a small residential placement can contact the home’s administrator to check on the two open beds. The compact layout of the house naturally limits the hustle and bustle found in larger buildings, which keeps the environment quiet.
Oak Terrace Assisted Living of North Mankato
Live your retirement life in a bliss with Oak Terrace Assisted Living of North Mankato, a paradisal senior living community in North Mankato, MN. The community offers different lifestyle options, including independent living, assisted living, and memory care, making sure residents have access to the services they need for their continuously changing needs. Bright and cozy accommodations are offered to give residents a relaxing space for enjoying their precious personal time or inviting friends over.
A vibrant range of activities and fitness classes help residents stay active and inspired to live a dynamic and fulfilling life. Various amenities, such as a beauty salon, movie theater, library, fireplaces, and relaxing outdoor spaces are also offered to make residents’ living experience more enjoyable and convenient. Here, residents have access to the support, convenience, and programming they need to lead the lifestyle they want and deserve.
York Gardens Senior Living is an intimate and tight-knit senior living community, based in Edina, MN, offering excellent independent living, assisted living, memory care, and enhanced care options. Recognized as a Best Senior Living community by the U.S. News and World Report, the community guarantees excellence in senior living services, ensuring residents’ satisfaction. Residents here are guaranteed an ideal living environment with beautifully designed accommodations, thoughtful amenities, and access to round the clock care and assistance.
The community ensures residents live a well-rounded lifestyle by offering them services that enable them to live worry-free and an array of planned activities and events to enjoy and participate in. Three delicious and nutritious meals are prepared by a talented team of chefs and served in a cozy dining room. A salon, movie theater, card club, fitness center, and other convenient amenities are also available to give residents more opportunities to relax, stay active, and connect with fellow residents.
Ranking Methodology
How we rank these assisted living communities
Every community above is evaluated across six weighted categories using public data including state inspection records, review platforms, BBB profiles, and operator-published materials.
Weighting overview
- 35%Resident Experience
- 25%Regulatory
- 15%Visual Media
- 10%Website
- 10%Stability
- 5%Environment
01
Resident & Family Experience 35%
The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.
- Includes
- Review Sentiment
- Review Volume
02
Regulatory & Safety Record 25%
State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.
- Includes
- State Inspections
- Citations/Inspection
- % Inspections w/ Citations
- Complaint Visits
- Accreditations
- BBB Rating
03
Visual Media & Transparency 15%
Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.
- Includes
- Video Tours
- Virtual Walkthroughs
- Photo Quantity
- Photo Quality
04
Website & Operator Transparency 10%
Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.
- Includes
- Website Content
- Mobile Usability
- Staff Info Available
- Owner Info Available
05
Community Stability 10%
Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.
- Includes
- Occupancy Rate
- Bed Options
06
Environment & Pricing 5%
Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.
- Includes
- Walk Score
- Pricing Transparency
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Frequently Asked Questions about Assisted Living in Minnesota
What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Minnesota?
Assisted living in Minnesota supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.
What's the difference between assisted living and a nursing home in Minnesota?
Assisted living in Minnesota is a residential model focused on housing, hospitality, and help with daily activities. Nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses for residents with significant health needs, and are regulated more strictly under both state and federal CMS rules.
Does Minnesota Medicaid cover assisted living?
Minnesota Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for assisted living, but most states (including Minnesota) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.
What is assisted living?
Assisted living combines private or semi-private apartments with help on activities of daily living (meals, bathing, dressing, medication management) and a social calendar — for residents who need some support but do not need 24/7 medical care.
How many assisted living facilities are listed on this page?
This page features 527 assisted living facilities in Minnesota. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.
How do I choose the right assisted living facility in Minnesota?
Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Minnesota, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.
What should I look for when visiting assisted living facilities in Minnesota?
Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.

















