Only a statewide figure is published. CareScout confirms that its publicly downloadable National and State Data Tables report, the source for the cost figures cited throughout this site, provides state-level and national medians only. CareScout's underlying survey does collect metro-area (MSA-level) data that feeds its separate interactive online cost calculator, but that breakout is not included in the downloadable state tables.
The detail behind the number
This distinction matters if you're trying to budget specifically for Nassau or Suffolk County rather than New York State as a whole, since Long Island's cost of living, including housing, wages, and taxes, tends to run above the statewide average in most categories, which likely affects senior care pricing too. CareScout does gather more granular, metro-level data as part of its underlying survey methodology, and that data powers the interactive cost calculator on CareScout's own website, but the free downloadable PDF tables that most published cost articles, including this one, cite are limited to statewide and national medians. Practically, that means the $225-per-day assisted living, $511-to-$550-per-day nursing home, $35-per-hour caregiver, and $144-per-day adult day care figures cited on this site should be read as a New York State reference point for Nassau and Suffolk, not as precise local quotes; actual pricing at specific Long Island communities should be confirmed directly.
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