How Much More Does Life Cost?
Essential costs change every day. See how housing, groceries, and fuel have moved recently, then compare it to your ZIP code.
National affordability snapshot. Your local results may differ.
Housing Costs
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Based on rental market trends.
Fuel Costs
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Based on gasoline price trends.
Grocery Staples
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Based on benchmark grocery basket trends.
Estimated Essentials Impact
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Across recent affordability trends.
How does your area compare?
Enter your ZIP code or city to generate your local affordability snapshot.
Rent size helps estimate local housing costs.
90-day trend, nationally
What you'll get for your ZIP code
✓ Monthly essentials cost
✓ Monthly impact
✓ Affordability score
✓ Biggest movers
✓ Local prices, by source
✓ Data confidence & timestamps
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Monthly impact
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You spend this much more per month than when tracking began.
Affordability score
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Enter income above.
Local affordability insight
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90-Day Essentials Trend
Shows how housing, fuel, and grocery costs changed over time.
Estimated
Tracked
Category breakdown
Biggest movers
What's driving the change
Increases
Decreases
Benchmark grocery basket
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One unit of eight benchmark grocery items — a price signal, not a monthly bill.
Felix index — supporting metric
Felix Index (100 = baseline)
Data confidence
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