US Households Pour $38,423 a Year Into Housing and Food, Biggest Share of Budgets in 15 Years
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American households are now spending nearly half of their budgets on housing and food, the largest share in 15 years. The average household spent $81,905 in 2025, up 4.3% from the year before, with $27,790 going to housing and $10,633 going to food, says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Together, the two categories ate up $38,423, or 46.9% of total spending, and cost households $1,988 more than in 2024. Food and housing were the only major spending categories with statistically significant increases from 2024 to 2025.
Source: The Daily Hodl
