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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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Five Star Premier Residences of Dallas

5455 La Sierra Dr, Dallas, TX 75231

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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24 reviews

Professional, loving community from the residents to all the staff. Hands down the best place I visited for my Mom. So glad we found it!

Provides: Independent Living
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Five Star Premier Residences of Dallas is a vibrant, rental independent living senior community located in Dallas, TX. Step out of your well-appointed apartment to a stunning 10-story atrium where you’ll find smiling tenured staff, spirited residents, nooks to socialize, and activities designed...

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Arbor Landing at Surfside

3105 Dick Pond Road, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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45 reviews

No complaints. They do all they can for him. It is a very clean and pleasant atmosphere. Everyone there is very friendly. The care there seems very good. My experiences with admin and staff have been good. I...

Best Activities
Provides: Independent Living
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Our independent living neighborhood offers seniors the perfect balance between independence and support, security and freedom, privacy and socialization.All-inclusive services include:•Private studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments with convenient kitchenettes, gracious tiled bathrooms,...

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Watercrest at Bryan

3801 E Crest Dr, Bryan, TX 77802

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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39 reviews

Great place the management is outstanding. All staff is awesome, my mother in law is extremely happy. I have met a lot of the residents they are all very nice and happy to be living here. Great place highly...

Provides: Independent Living
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Experience the warmth, elegance, and opportunities that await you at Watercrest at Bryan, a independent living retirement community located in Bryan/College Station, TX just minutes from Texas A&M University. Watercrest is dedicated to a creating a friendly and hassle-free living environment...

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Woodlawn Meadows Assisted Living and Memory Care

1821 N East St, Hastings, MI 49058

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70 reviews

I like that it's comfortable when the weather changes. The food is good. The activities do a good job of being just the right amount for what we can do for a day but it's never boring. The caregivers are...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Woodlawn Meadows, a Leisure Living Community, is located in Hastings, Michigan. Here, we’re passionate about serving our senior-living residents and sharing life’s journey together. Offering assisted living and memory care options, our purpose is to provide high-quality senior lifestyle services...

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Meadow Lane Assisted Living and Memory Care

150 Meadow Lane, Bad Axe, MI 48413

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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47 reviews

In [date removed] my mother was experiencing a steep decline in her cognitive state after a stable period of home care. We were torn as a family of 6 on whether we should pursue identification of a memory...

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Meadow Lane, a Leisure Living Community, is located in Bad Axe, Michigan. Here, we’re passionate about serving our senior living residents and sharing life’s journey together. Offering assisted living and memory care options, our purpose is to provide high-quality senior lifestyle services that...

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The Palms of St. Lucie West

501 NW Cashmere Blvd, Port St. Lucie, FL 34986

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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29 reviews

What we like the most about the community is the friendly staff. It's a small more intimate community. It's very clean and my mom loves the food

Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Everything you love and need.At the Palms of St. Lucie West, you’ll find beautifully appointed assisted living apartments with services tailored to what you need most. Adult day program, A short-term stay, or a year-round home? We’re here.You’ll find restaurant-style dining, a spacious activity...

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Elegance at Lake Worth

9948 Woodwind Lane, Lake Worth, FL 33467

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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40 reviews

From the moment my daughter walked into Elegance. We felt a sense of belonging. Everyone that works there makes you feel at home. The staff is loving and kind. We feel that our loved one is in a safe and...

Best of Senior Living All Star
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Situated in the heart of Lake Worth close to the beach, parks, Park Ridge Golf Course, Lake Worth Lagoon and Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Elegance at Lake Worth is a modern, just-right sized senior living community located near Palms West Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center, with easy...

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Gardens of Eufaula

395 Lake Drive, Eufaula, AL 36027

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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98 reviews

I have been a resident of the Gardens of Eufaula for four years. I am very happy here. The staff and other residents are so kind. The staff feeds us well and handles my medications so I do not have to worry...

Best Meals and Dining
Provides: Assisted Living
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Gardens of Eufaula is much more than an assisted living community, it’s a place where residents are surrounded by people who care. A unique setting where your parent or loved one lives among piers, new friendships are made, lives are shared and where they will feel right at home. Located across...

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The Isle at Cedar Ridge

2200 S Lakeline Rd, Cedar Park, TX 78613

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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55 reviews

The staff have been very nice and willing to work with us on my father in law's care needs. Everyone says hello and knows him by name. His apartment is perfect for him. One bedroom for sleeping and one for a...

Provides: Assisted Living
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American House Wildwood

7676 Rio Grande Blvd, Wildwood, FL 34785

Starting at$X,XXX+ monthly
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221 reviews

The biggest thing that I like about this place is that the washer and dryer is in the apartment. You don't have to go out in any hallway hallway to do your wash and that's a big thing for me. Me and the food...

Most Friendly
Provides: Independent Living
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WELCOME TO AMERICAN HOUSE WILDWOODWelcome to American House Wildwood where you'll find luxury senior living at its finest. Enjoy exceptional living with our world-class amenities, exciting activities and a maintenance-free lifestyle. Imagine sipping lemonade poolside, hitting golf balls on the...

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Best of 2026 Senior Living Awards criteria

Receive 10 or more reviews on APlaceforMom.com

Attain an overall average rating of at least 4.5 stars for reviews

Offer assisted living, home care, independent living, skilled nursing, memory care or continuing care retirement communities

*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.