BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey
Household spending by income, age, generation, and region
What the average household spends a year on food at home and eating out, and on beef, pork, poultry, eggs, dairy, milk, butter, bakery, fruit, and coffee — by income fifth, age, generation, region, and city vs rural — with after-tax income.
Published by BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey
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What we added
- Real change since 2019 and food as a share of income for every household group
Spending by household group and year
Sample of 25 rows out of about 2,359
· 8 columns
| item | item_label | demo | demo_label | grp | grp_label | year | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2017 | 55.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2018 | 64.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2019 | 58.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2020 | 64.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2021 | 68.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2022 | 87.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2023 | 99.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 01 | All households | 2024 | 105.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2017 | 37.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2018 | 41.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2019 | 43.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2020 | 44.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2021 | 52.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2022 | 66.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2023 | 64.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 02 | Lowest fifth | 2024 | 77.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2017 | 46.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2018 | 52.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2019 | 50.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2020 | 49.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2021 | 58.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2022 | 72.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2023 | 75.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 03 | Second fifth | 2024 | 84.0 |
| 080110 | Eggs | LB01 | Income | 04 | Middle fifth | 2017 | 52.0 |
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