Tucked on a cul-de-sac off Rawlins Circle in Centerville, Oak Ridge Assisted Living is the only small residential care home in the city, and it leans toward a more independent resident than many. As a smaller assisted-living home for around sixteen residents, it is built for people who need a hand with a few daily tasks rather than constant care, in a quiet house instead of a large building. Centerville has only this 1 home of its kind, set in an older Davis County suburb where most senior living has been built at a larger scale.
Families usually find their way here when a parent is ready for some daily help but is far from needing heavy care, and prefers a small house to the fuller services of a hundred-apartment community. They want a small, calm household, a familiar face or two, and the freedom to bring a pet. Oak Ridge offers that kind of setting, geared toward residents who still do a lot for themselves.
Everyday Life at Oak Ridge
Daily life at Oak Ridge is built around independence with support close by. As a Level One assisted-living home, it serves residents who are largely self-sufficient and need help with only a few of the activities of daily living, so the staff lean toward light, as-needed assistance, medication reminders, home-cooked meals, housekeeping, and a watchful eye, rather than hands-on care all day. With around sixteen residents under one roof and pets welcome, the place feels more like a shared house than a care facility. In practice that means a resident can keep more of their own routine, coming and going, joining a meal or skipping it, with help on hand for the parts of the day that have gotten harder.
That lighter focus is worth understanding before choosing it: Oak Ridge is geared to assisted living rather than secured memory care, so while staff are trained for early forgetfulness, a resident with advancing dementia who wanders will reach a point that calls for a different setting. And like any small home, it carries fewer organized activities, amenities, and on-site clinical services than a large Centerville-area community. For an independent-minded resident who wants a quiet house and a pet, that is a fair trade, though a care need that climbs toward secured memory care or daily nursing eventually outgrows what a Level One home is licensed to provide.
What Oak Ridge Costs in Centerville
Oak Ridge is not the budget option, and it does not pretend to be. Monthly rates start around $4,200, right about the going rate for assisted living in the Centerville area and a bit above the cheaper small homes elsewhere in the valley, though still under the statewide average near $5,500 a month in 2026 cost-of-care data. The price reflects a private-pay home with a fuller, more independent-living feel rather than a bare-bones board-and-care house.
That figure is a starting rate, and it climbs with the level of help a resident needs. Oak Ridge does not accept Medicaid, so families plan on private funds, long-term care insurance, or veterans benefits to cover it, which is worth settling up front for anyone who expects to rely on Medicaid down the road. Weighed over several years, that private-pay rate runs higher than the Medicaid-accepting small homes elsewhere in Davis County, a gap that matters most for a resident whose savings may not stretch across a long stay.
An Older Suburb, a Single Small Home
Centerville's seniors tend to be long-rooted, in a settled Davis County suburb where close to one in six residents is 65 or older, above the statewide share. The demand for senior care is steady, but it has mostly been answered by larger communities up and down the I-15 corridor, leaving one small home for families who want the house-style setting. With around sixteen beds at Oak Ridge, an opening is not guaranteed when a family needs one. With no backup small home in the city if it fills, the sensible move is to start the conversation early and keep an alternative in view. Centerville also sits in a well-served stretch of Davis County, so a family weighing the small home is usually comparing it against larger communities only minutes away.
Why Centerville Families Choose Oak Ridge
For a lot of families the clincher is the pet: a resident who refuses to give up a dog or cat finds an easy yes at Oak Ridge, where animals are welcome, and that alone can settle the decision. The rest of the appeal is the fit for an independent older adult: a small, quiet house, a handful of housemates, and caregivers who help when needed without hovering, all close to family in Centerville. A small home like this is not right for everyone, though: a resident who needs heavy daily care, secured memory care, or wants the full activity calendar and social scene of a big community will be better served by a larger Centerville-area campus, and for that person the bigger setting is genuinely the better fit.
How an Advisor Helps in Centerville
Because Oak Ridge is geared to lighter, more independent care, the Centerville question is partly about timing: is a resident's need a fit for this home now, and how long will it stay one? A local advisor who knows the home can read that honestly, confirm whether early memory changes are still within what the staff handle, and check whether a room is open and a pet is welcome.
Weighing Oak Ridge's private-pay cost against the Medicaid-accepting homes nearby is worth doing before a family gives up a day to tour. Let us run that math with you, or see what we've reviewed across Davis County and the rest of the valley.
