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Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018 - (US Dollars)
County
Value
Alameda
2,806
Alpine
1,797
Amador
1,755
Butte
1,570
Calaveras
1,846
Colusa
1,571
Contra Costa
2,641
Del Norte
1,383
El Dorado
2,249
Fresno
1,579
Glenn
1,428
Humboldt
1,682
Imperial
1,423
Inyo
1,851
Kern
1,490
Kings
1,421
Lake
1,523
Lassen
1,426
Los Angeles
2,417
Madera
1,492
Marin
3,500
Mariposa
1,627
Mendocino
1,851
Merced
1,441
Modoc
1,066
Mono
1,927
Monterey
2,185
Napa
2,526
Nevada
2,032
Orange
2,702
Placer
2,298
Plumas
1,529
Riverside
1,927
Sacramento
1,860
San Benito
2,378
San Bernardino
1,758
San Diego
2,478
San Francisco
3,473
San Joaquin
1,838
San Luis Obispo
2,262
San Mateo
3,360
Santa Barbara
2,303
Santa Clara
3,229
Santa Cruz
2,745
Shasta
1,556
Sierra
1,367
Siskiyou
1,315
Solano
2,072
Sonoma
2,334
Stanislaus
1,642
Sutter
1,654
Tehama
1,325
Trinity
1,386
Tulare
1,376
Tuolumne
1,683
Ventura
2,497
Yolo
2,155
Yuba
1,617
Value for California (US Dollars): $2,282
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.
