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The staff is wonderful to work with. They are very respectful of my mother and communicate extremely well. She gets level 1 assisted living services now. That staff treats her like family and are always...
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.
Primrose Retirement Communities in Duluth are centrally located — close to shopping, hospitals, clinics — and provide independent living and assisted living senior care. Our community features spacious, private apartments for senior living!But we're nestled in a quiet woods area so we have...
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Everything is going great! The staff are sure to take care of my father and they make sure that he is comfortable. The facility is also very nice and clean. For the most part, we have no complaints about New...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
Offering: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory CareNew Perspective’s Twin Ports senior living community serves seniors in the Superior, WI and Duluth, MN area. The beauty and amenities of our New Perspective | Twin Ports location rivals a fine hotel. Residents are minutes away from...
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This is a beautiful community with nice grounds you can walk around. . The staff are friendly and helpful. The marketing person explained everything. They have a lot of activities including bingo and boat...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, 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.
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.
Edgewood Vista is located in scenic Hermantown, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. This nurturing assisted living community is located on the North Shore right near Duluth. This peaceful community has a lot to offer those that love to live their lives independently. You or a loved one could enjoy...
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I cannot say enough about this most wonderful advanced caregiving living choice for your loved one!!.. I had the honor and privilege of having my sweetheart with Alzheimer’s there, and I cannot tell you how...
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.
Photo of Ecumen Lakeland Shores Apartments, Duluth Senior Housing
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.
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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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.
Town View Villas is a senior housing community beautifully nestled in the western hillside close to the downtown area of Duluth, Saint Louis County, MN. It is an ideal place to stay with well-maintained units and grounds. The units have an awesome view of the harbor and Lake Superior. These...
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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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.
An amazing community of apartment homes located on the hill over looking Duluth and the lake. These unique buildings bring character and charm to living in the Duluth area. With multiple floor plans and views over looking the lake, we work at finding the perfect apartment to meet and exceed all...
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We needed a place for my loved one to stay short term, and we chose Keystone Bluffs. Overall, I feel our experience was a good one. There were some things that were supposed to happen but never did such as...
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.
Photo of Focus On Living Inc
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.
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.
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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.
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I needed assistance in choosing a place for my brother, as I had no experience with this before. I feel I got that assistance, with no pressure from either A Place for Mom or from Encompass. We are very...
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.
Encompass Healthcare Assisted Living is located in the beautiful and scenic Superior, Wisconsin. The town of Superior is named for the lake to which it is closely located, the famous Great Lake of Lake Superior. Boating and other outdoor recreation along the shore of the lake. Superior also has...
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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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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.
Photo of Cornerstone House
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.
Photo of Lake View Home
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.

Cost of independent living in Clifton, MN

The average cost of senior living in Clifton is $2,660 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Iron Junction, MN with an average of $1,755 per month.

Independent living costs in Clifton, MN, vs. nearby cities

Clifton, MN
$2,660/mo
$2,853/mo
$2,853/mo

Independent living costs in Clifton, MN, vs. state and national averages

Clifton, MN
$2,660/mo
U.S. national average
$4,016/mo

Independent living costs in Clifton, MN, vs. other senior living options

$4,892/mo
Independent Living
$2,660/mo

Independent living costs in Clifton, MN, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$5,332/mo
Studio
$4,186/mo
1 Bedroom
$4,661/mo
2 Bedroom
$5,011/mo

Senior living costs in Clifton vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Clifton, MN
Column state: Minnesota
Column national: U.S.
Community typeClifton, MNMinnesotaU.S.
Independent Living$2,660/mo$3,081/mo$4,016/mo
Assisted Living$4,813/mo$4,249/mo$4,557/mo
Memory Care$4,892/mo$4,022/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Clifton, MN:$2,660/mo
Minnesota:$3,081/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
Assisted Living
Clifton, MN:$4,813/mo
Minnesota:$4,249/mo
U.S.:$4,557/mo
Memory Care
Clifton, MN:$4,892/mo
Minnesota:$4,022/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
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Independent living costs in Clifton, MN, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Clifton and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Independent living cost trends in Clifton, MN

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Clifton have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Clifton, MN$4,049/mo$3,624/mo+11.7%
Minnesota$2,256/mo$2,334/mo-3.4%
National$2,806/mo$2,774/mo+1.2%
Clifton, MN
2024 average cost:$4,049/mo
2023 average cost:$3,624/mo
Percent change:+11.7%
Minnesota
2024 average cost:$2,256/mo
2023 average cost:$2,334/mo
Percent change:-3.4%
National
2024 average cost:$2,806/mo
2023 average cost:$2,774/mo
Percent change:+1.2%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

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 Clifton

Recent reviews for independent living in Clifton

New Perspective Twin Ports in Superior, WI

5.0
He is doing good and he loves it in the community. It has all worked out very well. I felt good about it in the beginning and I was hoping for the best. They came through and did really well. We're very happy with the referral A Place For Mom gave us.

VitaCare Living of Proctor

5.0
My mother was there for a short period of time but in that time everything was quite nice. Staff was friendly and attentive as well as caring. Food was wonderful with many options. Was a very nice place all around.

Duluth Heights Lodge Senior Living

5.0
I enjoy living at Duluth Heights Lodge. The staff is amazing, the food is delicious, there are numerous fun activities. I feel safe and secure living in this lovely community. I call this great community —— home.

Clifton independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Clifton independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Clifton, 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 Clifton 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 Clifton partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Clifton, MNNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
3.3%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
6.7%
34.1%
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Availability of select dining options in Clifton 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 Clifton communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Clifton, MNNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
10%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
10%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
13.3%
36.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
3.3%
17.4%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Clifton 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 Clifton offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Clifton, MNNational
Activity director
Activity director
10%
45.3%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
3.3%
28.4%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
13.3%
49.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
13.3%
49.8%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
16.7%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
13.3%
43.1%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
10%
37.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
10%
41.7%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
13.3%
47.5%
Live performances
Live performances
13.3%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
10%
32.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
10%
39.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
13.3%
47%
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