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Best of 2025 Senior Living Award Winners: Independent Living

Top Independent Living Communities

These are the best independent living communities of 2025, representing the top 1-2% of senior living providers nationwide based on reviews. Families and residents celebrated the friendly staff, beautiful facilities, delicious food, and engaging activities.

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Concordia of Bella Vista

1 Concordia Drive, Bella Vista, AR 72715

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
Review Score
25 reviews

My dad loves that is it quiet, among the hills and trees with lots of birds coming to the feeder on his back deck. Staff and residents have been very friendly. The onsite nurse and visiting doctor have been...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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As a trusted landmark in northwest Arkansas for over 50 years, Concordia of Bella Vista is deeply committed to providing an enjoyable and fulfilling lifestyle for each of our independent living and assisted living residents.Perched high on a ridge overlooking Little Sugar and Tanyard Creeks,...

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Chesapeake Bay

2300 Repsdorph Road, Seabrook, TX 77586

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.8
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20 reviews

I rented sight unseen!!! The office staff was the reason. So helpful. Spent so much time to help me. Other properties wouldn’t even talk to me. The villas are SO quiet!! I love the dog park. Could not...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Experience the daily vacation-style living at Chesapeake Bay, a luxury 55+ active adult community. Located in scenic Seabrook, Texas—minutes from Clear Lake Shore, the Boating Capital of Texas—our community offers one and two-bedroom residences, including both active adult apartments and charming...

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Silver Creek

165 Silver Lane, Saint Augustine, FL 32084

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
126 reviews

I appreciate all of the management team for helping me with moving in my loved one to your community. The Executive Director [name removed] has been patient and considerate. The hospitality has been nothing...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Purposefully designed for today’s seniors, Silver Creek offers care in an ideal setting that’s second to none. Voted a "Best of St. Augustine" finalist in 2020, the community offers a perfect balance of elegant, upscale living with the warm comforts of home. Located in the historic city of St....

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Grand Villa of Boynton Beach

1935 South Federal Highway, Boynton Beach, FL 33435

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
104 reviews

Staff is amazing! They always makes my mom feel extremely comfortable. She was hesitant to have nursing administer her meds, but now she looks forward to the connection! Everyone is so accessible and...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Welcome to the new Grand Villa of Boynton Beach! Our lovely assisted living and memory care community in Boynton Beach, Florida, is a resort style community with fabulous features and amenities, designed to help our residents enjoy life to the fullest!Grand Villa offers lifestyle options...

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Elan Corpus Christi

5441 Lipes Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78413

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
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37 reviews

This is a wonderful facility. Very clean and safe place. Staff is very nice! Good size room. My mom likes the bingo and the movies. Cannot say enough good things about the staff of Elan!

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Cogir of Rohnert Park Senior Living

4855 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
58 reviews

My Issues are they have changed Directors twice within a year and new Activities Director. All residents very welcoming and warm! They increase rent every year. Overall I am pleased for my brother to be...

Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Cogir of Rohnert Park reflects its name as it is located within a lovely, park-like setting, ideal for those seeking retirement surrounded by nature. The country-style community’s residents enjoy basking in the views of the redwood trees, strolling the serene courtyard, and taking a dip in the...

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The Woodlands of Hamilton

896 Northwest Washington Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45013

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
51 reviews

My mother in law recently move into The Woodlands of Hamilton. From our 1st tour until now our family has been very pleased. The staff is very involved with residents and treat them with kindness. Great...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Enjoy thoughtful amenities in a warm, homelike environment at The Woodlands of Hamilton, an Assisted Living and Memory Care community nestled in the west side of Hamilton, Ohio. From thoughtfully designed studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans to world-class services such as medication...

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Waterman Village

150 Waterman Ave, Mount Dora, FL 32757

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
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140 reviews

All the staff are extremely kind and caring. No question goes unanswered, even if it requires extra effort. Notary on staff and at no charge.

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living

Waterman Village is Central Florida's TOTAL retirement/senior living community. Not-for-profit, faith-based tradition, locally operated, no off-site management company, no off-site corporate ownership. Truly mission over margin since 1989. Independent living homes and apartments, an assisted...

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Asher Point Independent Living of Arlington

2315 Little Road, Arlington, TX 76016

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
194 reviews

A perfect 5 in ALL 8 categories! My mom has a young lady who cleans her room weekly, she's Puerto Rican, like my mother! The staff Director & her Assistant have both helped me (above & beyond the call of...

Provides: Independent Living
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As Arlington’s premiere Independent Living community, we are dedicated to providing a meaningful experience for residents who are ready to live their best days.Located in Arlington, Asher Point Independent Living allows its residents to thrive in their retirement years in a convenient, quiet...

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Sunrise of Buffalo Grove

180 West Half Day Road, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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9.7
Review Score
62 reviews

My mom loves the people, the facility, and the food at Sunrise in Buffalo Grove. I am grateful that I can feel comfortable knowing that my mother is being well taken care of - she is in a safe &...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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In elegant, residential environments, we deliver the finest in senior care, and are recognized internationally for both quality and innovation. Guided by our Principles of Service, Sunrise affords families peace-of-mind by providing today's seniors with a range of personalized assisted living...

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Best of 2026 Senior Living Awards criteria

Receive 10 or more reviews on APlaceforMom.com

Attain an overall Review Score of at least 9.5 based on review

Offer assisted living, independent living, skilled nursing, or memory care in the United States or Canada

*Based on reviews and ratings collected from APlaceforMom.com during the awards period, Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025. U.S. and Canada only.

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The best independent living communities in the U.S. earned A Place for Mom’s 2025 Best of Senior Living Awards based on resident and family reviews. The highly rated featured communities represent the top 2-3% of independent living providers nationwide.