US Households Pour $38,423 a Year Into Housing and Food, Biggest Share of Budgets in 15 Years

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 […] The post US Households Pour $38,423 a Year Into Housing and Food, Biggest Share of Budgets in 15 Years appeared first on The Daily Hodl.