Category: Cost of Living
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Rents are down 4.3% in a year in San Antonio and 3.6% in Las Vegas, while San Francisco’s are up 26%
A renter in San Antonio is paying 4.3% less than a year ago. A renter in Las Vegas is paying 3.6% less. In San Francisco, the same comparison runs the other way, with rents up 26%. Those are the year-over-year figures in Apartment List’s September rent report, published Sept. 29, and they show how little…
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Rents slipped in September for the first time since January, with the national median at $1,388, Apartment List says
The national median rent slipped to $1,388 a month in September, Apartment List reported on Sept. 29, the first monthly decline since January. The move was 0.1%, roughly $2 below August’s $1,390, which is far too small to change any one lease. It does close a stretch of seven straight monthly increases, and it lands…
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Trump’s final fuel-economy rule sets a 34.9 mpg target and, the Transportation Department says, cuts $1,300 from a new car’s price
The Transportation Department finalized a new federal fuel-economy rule on September 28 that sets a fleet-average target of 34.9 miles per gallon by model year 2031. The department says the change will reduce the average cost of a new vehicle by $1,300, an estimate that comes from the department itself. President Donald Trump’s administration calls…
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Diesel still averages $6.47 a gallon, just below its September 22 record, AAA says
Just a few cents now separate the national diesel average from the record AAA logged less than a week earlier, a gap narrow enough to watch closely. The average stood at $6.4709 a gallon on September 27, compared with the all-time high of $6.5276 set on September 22. Regular gasoline, tracked by the same daily…
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Natural gas is up 4.4% and electricity 3.8% from a year ago, BLS says
Two of the least avoidable costs in any household, the gas bill and the electric bill, both climbed over the past year, according to the government’s latest measure of inflation. Utility natural gas service rose 4.4% and electricity rose 3.8% over the 12 months ending in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported.…
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About 26.7 million Americans, 7.9%, had no health insurance in 2025, Census says
About 26.7 million people in the United States, or 7.9% of the population, had no health insurance at any point in 2025, the U.S. Census Bureau reported in its annual income, poverty and health insurance release. The figure comes from the same September 15, 2026 report that found median household income hit a record $87,460…
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Airfares are up 23.4% from a year ago, the latest federal price report shows
Buying a plane ticket now costs 23.4% more than it did a year ago, according to the federal government’s most recent inflation report. Airline fares rose 2.7% in August alone, one of the sharpest monthly moves among the dozens of categories the report tracks. The increase adds a real cost to holiday and family travel…
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Trump moved to cancel $56 million in HUD housing counseling support for nonprofit groups in his pocket rescission
Housing counseling agencies that help renters and homeowners navigate evictions, foreclosures and disaster recovery are set to lose $56 million in federal grant money. The White House listed the cut as part of roughly $810 million in spending it is canceling through a maneuver known as a pocket rescission. Lawmakers and government watchdogs are already…
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Gasoline costs 27.4% more than a year ago and accounted for over a third of August’s price increase, BLS says
A single fuel line explains more than a third of last month’s rise in the overall cost of living. Gasoline prices climbed 27.4% over the past year and rose 3.9% in August alone, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported, enough on their own to account for over one third of that month’s total…
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Regular gas averages at least $4.35 a gallon in every state, AAA says
Regular gasoline is now averaging at least $4.35 a gallon in every state in the country, according to AAA’s daily fuel price survey. Delaware has the lowest state average at $4.3519 a gallon, and Hawaii has the highest at $5.5703. The national average has climbed to $4.4798, more than a dollar higher than a year…