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Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Adams
1,545
Allegheny
1,355
Armstrong
1,113
Beaver
1,233
Bedford
1,098
Berks
1,512
Blair
1,089
Bradford
1,150
Bucks
2,140
Butler
1,516
Cambria
1,027
Cameron
986
Carbon
1,320
Centre
1,554
Chester
2,262
Clarion
1,032
Clearfield
1,005
Clinton
1,150
Columbia
1,195
Crawford
1,075
Cumberland
1,493
Dauphin
1,417
Delaware
1,889
Elk
997
Erie
1,194
Fayette
1,048
Forest
784
Franklin
1,371
Fulton
1,220
Greene
1,049
Huntingdon
1,111
Indiana
1,137
Jefferson
992
Juniata
1,144
Lackawanna
1,334
Lancaster
1,516
Lawrence
1,115
Lebanon
1,368
Lehigh
1,606
Luzerne
1,244
Lycoming
1,222
McKean
933
Mercer
1,106
Mifflin
1,088
Monroe
1,679
Montgomery
2,073
Montour
1,337
Northampton
1,679
Northumberland
1,114
Perry
1,347
Philadelphia
1,299
Pike
1,539
Potter
1,065
Schuylkill
1,137
Snyder
1,207
Somerset
1,075
Sullivan
1,128
Susquehanna
1,247
Tioga
1,216
Union
1,374
Venango
952
Warren
986
Washington
1,337
Wayne
1,369
Westmoreland
1,234
Wyoming
1,312
York
1,516
Value for Pennsylvania (US Dollars): $1,474
Data item: Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), 5-Year Estimates. The PRCS is part of the Census Bureau's ACS, customized for Puerto Rico. Both Surveys are updated every year.
Definition
Selected monthly owner costs are the sum of payments for mortgages, deeds of trust, contracts to purchase, or similar debts on the property (including payments for the first mortgage, second mortgages, home equity loans, and other junior mortgages); real estate taxes; fire, hazard, and flood insurance on the property; utilities (electricity, gas, and water and sewer); and fuels (oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.). It also includes, where appropriate, the monthly condominium fee for condominiums and mobile home costs (installment loan payments, personal property taxes, site rent, registration fees, and license fees). Selected monthly owner costs were tabulated for all owner-occupied units, and usually are shown separately for units "with a mortgage" and for units "without a mortgage. For the complete definition, go to ACS subject definitions "Selected Monthly Owner Costs."
Source and Accuracy
This Fact is based on data collected in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. A sample of over 3.5 million housing unit addresses is interviewed each year over a 12 month period. This Fact (estimate) is based on five years of ACS and PRCS sample data and describes the average value of person, household and housing unit characteristics over this period of collection.
Statistics from all surveys are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error is the uncertainty between an estimate based on a sample and the corresponding value that would be obtained if the estimate were based on the entire population (as from a census). Measures of sampling error are provided in the form of margins of error for all estimates included with ACS and PRCS published products. The Census Bureau recommends that data users incorporate this information into their analyses, as sampling error in survey estimates could impact the conclusions drawn from the results. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at Using margins of error. A more detailed explanation of margins of error and a demonstration of how to use them is provided below.
For more information on sampling and estimation methodology, confidentiality, and sampling and nonsampling errors, please see the Multiyear Accuracy (US) and the Multiyear Accuracy (Puerto Rico) documents at "Documentation - Accuracy of the data."
Margin of Error
As mentioned above, ACS estimates are based on a sample and are subject to sampling error. The margin of error measures the degree of uncertainty caused by sampling error. The margin of error is used with an ACS estimate to construct a confidence interval about the estimate. The interval is formed by adding the margin of error to the estimate (the upper bound) and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate (the lower bound). It is expected with 90 percent confidence that the interval will contain the full population value of the estimate. The following example is for demonstrating purposes only. Suppose the ACS reported that the percentage of people in a state who were 25 years and older with a bachelor's degree was 21.3 percent and that the margin of error associated with this estimate was 0.7 percent. By adding and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate, we calculate the 90-percent confidence interval for this estimate:
Therefore, we can be 90 percent confident that the percent of the population 25 years and older having a bachelor's degree in a state falls somewhere between 20.6 percent and 22.0 percent.
