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Ardmore Among Pennsylvania's Best Places To Own A Home
See where Ardmore lands on the list of the 89 best places to own a home in the Keystone State.
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Ardmore was recently named one of the best towns in Pennsylvania to own a home by Nerd Wallet.
The consumer analysis website listed the 89 best places to own a home based on affordability and the ability to maintain that ownership.
Ardmore landed at number 62 with a median homeowner monthly cost of $2,081.
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Some of the places listed also found themselves on the bottom of some best-of lists. Allentown, Bloomsburg and Oil City, among others, actually appeared on a recent list that identified the 100 Pennsylvania towns that rank among the "worst" in the U.S.A.
The methodology was based on the home-ownership rate, which made up 33.3 percent of the total score, and a higher rate earned a higher score. The rate comes from the U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-year Estimates for all places in the state. Monthly owner costs as a percentage of median household income made up 16.7 percent of the total score.
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Here is the list, with the median monthly homeowner costs:
- Mountain Top $1,669
- Franklin Park $2,311
- Jefferson Hills $1,630
- Weigelstown $1,412
- Murrysville $1,722
- Plum $1,464
- Baldwin $1,247
- Hershey $1,807
- Upper St. Clair $2,010
- Bethel Park $1,470
- South Park Township $1,479
- Hermitage $1,211
- West Mifflin $1,101
- Levittown $1,751
- Croydon $1,564
- Whitehall $1,356
- Horsham $1,866
- Monroeville $1,318
- Lower Burrell $1,130
- St. Marys $1,051
- Munhall $1,011
- Allison Park $1,737
- Altoona $916
- Shiloh $1,417
- Fernway $1,580
- Montgomeryville $2,101
- Columbia $1,166
- Hazleton $1,029
- Waynesboro $1,227
- Ephrata $1,361
- Yeadon $1,523
- Philadelphia $1,243
- Fullerton $1,433
- Oil City $833
- Lansdowne $1,819
- Emmaus $1,475
- Wyomissing $1,906
- Erie $976
- Colonial Park $1,429
- Nanticoke $1,108
- Pottstown $1,456
- Phoenixville $1,761
- Chambersburg $1,159
- Darby $1,114
- Pottsville $1,043
- Hanover $1,373
- New Kensington $1,087
- Scranton $1,218
- Carlisle $1,466
- New Castle $963
- Lebanon $1,009
- Allentown $1,333
- Bloomsburg $1,119
- Reading $978
- Kingston $1,219
- King of Prussia $1,933
- Lancaster $1,110
- Dunmore $1,370
- Pittsburgh $1,122
- Wilkes-Barre $1,031
- Bethlehem $1,394
- Ardmore $2,081
- Berwick $1,162
- Lansdale $1,629
- Carnot-Moon $1,468
- York $1,039
- Elizabethtown $1,422
- Greensburg $1,128
- Harrisburg $1,079
- Norristown $1,492
- McKeesport $824
- Sharon $982
- Easton $1,416
- Coatesville $1,415
- Johnstown $785
- Williamsport $1,109
- Meadville $1,035
- Washington $974
- Indiana $1,071
- Willow Grove $1,909
- Butler $1,026
- Chester $989
- Park Forest Village $1,474
- Broomall $2,050
- Drexel Hill $1,914
- Uniontown $1,013
- Wilkinsburg $1,089
- West Chester $1,739
- State College $1,775
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