To Californians who think their homeowner association fees are too high: take a dash of solace in knowing it could be worse.

My trusty spreadsheet examined one housing cost the Census Bureau hadn’t previously broken out: dues paid to homeowners’ association or other condominium fees.

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The recent release of 2024 housing cost data tells us that California homeowners paid a median HOA fee of $278 a month, the ninth-highest expense nationally. That’s 106% above the nation’s typical $135 HOA fee.

Look, you could be paying the costliest HOA fees: $739 a month in New York. Then there’s the District of Columbia ($505), Hawaii ($470), Massachusetts ($376), and Connecticut ($351).

Want an HOA bargain? Move to Arkansas for $47 a month, or to Oklahoma and West Virginia for $48, or

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