Folks in Midwest spending larger percentage of pay for groceries: report

Rochester Voice 10:56 a.m.


Folks in Midwest spending larger percentage of pay for groceries: report

With grocery prices rising sharply in recent years, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Cities Where People Spend the Most and Least on Groceries to highlight the places where food is the least affordable for Americans.

WalletHub analyzed the prices of 26 common grocery items in 100 of the largest cities. We then added these costs together and compared them to the median household income in order to determine where people are spending the greatest percentage of their income on groceries.
Highest % of Income Spent Lowest % of Income Spent
1. Detroit, MI (3.78%) 91. Scottsdale, AZ (1.40%)
2. Cleveland, OH (3.77%) 92. Huntington Beach, CA (1.33%)
3. Birmingham, AL (3.28%) 93. Santa Clarita, CA (1.33%)
4. Newark, NJ (3.16%) 94. Plano, TX (1.33%)
5. Toledo, OH (3.09%) 95. Seattle, WA (1.32%)
6. Hialeah, FL (3.00%) 96. Gilbert, AZ (1.24%)
7. Buffalo, NY (2.98%) 97. Irvine, CA (1.23%)
8. Cincinnati, OH (2.90%) 98. San Francisco, CA (1.22%)
9. Milwaukee, WI (2.89%) 99. San Jose, CA (1.16%)
10. Memphis, TN (2.87%) 100. Fremont, CA (0.96%)

To view the full report and your city's rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-where-people-spend-the-most-least-on-groceries/147476