Senior living communities in Lake Wales, Florida
Compare 6 licensed communities in Lake Wales — each with an independent CARES quality score. Free to your family, no referral fees.
| Community | CARES | Care types | Rating | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ashton4140 Ashton Club Drive | 5.7 | 5.02 reviews | Lake Wales | |
| We Elderly Care Lake Wales, FL214 E Stuart Ave | 5.1 | 5.01 reviews | Lake Wales | |
| Water's Edge of Lake Wales10 Grove Avenue West | 5.0 | 4.318 reviews | Lake Wales | |
| Savannah Court Of Lake Wales12 East Grove Avenue | 4.3 | 4.345 reviews | Lake Wales | |
| Groves Center512 S 11th St | 2.6 | 2.66 reviews | Lake Wales | |
| Carlsberg Estates on Lake Suzanne484 Lake Suzanne Drive | 0.8 | — | Lake Wales |
Senior living in Lake Wales, at a glance
Lake Wales has 6 residential senior living communities listed with us in Polk County, part of Florida's Central Florida region: 2 offering assisted living, 2 offering memory care, 3 offering independent living. Many campuses offer several care levels, so a resident can move between them without leaving the people and places they know.
Because Florida has seen active ownership turnover in the recent M&A wave, we track each community's current record — so what you see reflects who runs it today, not two owners ago. Every scored community below carries a CARES score built from care, dining, social life, amenities, and facilities. For budgeting, Florida's statewide median for assisted living is about $5,610/month (Genworth); exact pricing in Lake Wales depends on care level and apartment — ask CARA for current quotes.
Common questions about Lake Wales senior living
How many senior living communities are in Lake Wales, Florida?
Senior Community Stars lists 6 residential senior living communities in Lake Wales (Polk County) — 2 offering assisted living, 2 offering memory care, 3 offering independent living. Many communities offer more than one care level on the same campus.
How much does senior living cost in Lake Wales?
Community-specific pricing varies with care level and apartment, so we don't guess at it — ask CARA or the community for a current quote. As a statewide baseline, Florida's median assisted living cost is about $5,610/month, and a semi-private nursing home room runs about $10,342/month (Genworth Cost of Care data).
What's the difference between assisted living and memory care?
Assisted living helps with daily tasks — bathing, dressing, medication — while residents stay largely independent. Memory care is a secured setting with staff trained specifically for Alzheimer's and dementia, higher supervision, and programming built around cognitive decline. Many communities offer both, so a resident can move between them without changing campuses.
How are Lake Wales communities scored?
Every scored community gets an independent 0–10 CARES score built from five dimensions — care, dining, social life, amenities, and facilities — computed from each community's published information and aggregated public reviews, the same consistent way for every community. No community pays us, so no score is ever for sale. (See exactly how it works on our CARES methodology page.)