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Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · latest published month December 2025

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, for food at home, food overall and food away from home, from the Consumer Price Index.

An index measures price change. Compare the changes between areas, never the index levels.

Food at home

Food at home covers groceries bought to prepare and eat at home.

IndexLatest published monthIndex level12 months earlier12-month change
Food at homeDecember 2025298.345December 2024+0.09%

The change over 12 months is computed from two records exactly 12 months apart. Where either month is not published, the change is not available.

Last 24 published months: Food at home

Months this area did not publish are not listed here. They are not zero.

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
December 2025298.345+0.09%
November 2025302.169+0.13%
September 2025307.420+1.70%
August 2025307.063+2.78%
July 2025304.877+1.66%
June 2025303.762+2.20%
May 2025305.179+2.72%
April 2025303.030+1.16%
March 2025304.082+1.51%
February 2025302.432+1.40%
January 2025303.419+1.16%
December 2024298.089+1.23%
November 2024301.782+2.63%
October 2024300.250+1.54%
September 2024302.293+1.70%
August 2024298.749+0.99%
July 2024299.910+1.05%
June 2024297.222+1.69%
May 2024297.084+1.08%
April 2024299.563+2.28%
March 2024299.544+3.18%
February 2024298.269+2.45%
January 2024299.933+4.20%
December 2023294.469+3.59%

Source for these figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.

Food

Food combines food at home with food away from home.

IndexLatest published monthIndex level12 months earlier12-month change
FoodDecember 2025329.825December 2024+1.95%

The change over 12 months is computed from two records exactly 12 months apart. Where either month is not published, the change is not available.

Last 24 published months: Food

Months this area did not publish are not listed here. They are not zero.

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
December 2025329.825+1.95%
November 2025332.489+1.98%
September 2025334.964+2.63%
August 2025333.806+3.13%
July 2025331.464+2.29%
June 2025330.023+2.79%
May 2025331.397+3.32%
April 2025329.237+2.55%
March 2025328.261+2.35%
February 2025326.484+1.91%
January 2025327.091+1.75%
December 2024323.521+1.73%
November 2024326.037+2.97%
October 2024324.732+1.94%
September 2024326.379+2.53%
August 2024323.685+1.95%
July 2024324.052+1.90%
June 2024321.050+1.90%
May 2024320.758+1.46%
April 2024321.065+2.44%
March 2024320.735+2.89%
February 2024320.371+2.75%
January 2024321.466+3.84%
December 2023318.008+3.53%

Source for these figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.

Food away from home

Food away from home covers meals and snacks bought outside the home, including restaurants, cafeterias and vending.

IndexLatest published monthIndex level12 months earlier12-month change
Food away from homeDecember 2025368.880December 2024+4.98%

The change over 12 months is computed from two records exactly 12 months apart. Where either month is not published, the change is not available.

Last 24 published months: Food away from home

Months this area did not publish are not listed here. They are not zero.

Data monthIndexChange from 12 months earlier
December 2025368.880+4.98%
November 2025369.149+4.97%
September 2025366.143+4.10%
August 2025363.524+3.67%
July 2025361.032+3.27%
June 2025359.060+3.71%
May 2025360.262+4.23%
April 2025358.222+4.71%
March 2025353.422+3.57%
February 2025351.515+2.63%
January 2025351.352+2.58%
December 2024351.389+2.50%
November 2024351.685+3.52%
October 2024350.853+2.59%
September 2024351.710+3.92%
August 2024350.665+3.50%
July 2024349.606+3.29%
June 2024346.207+2.24%
May 2024345.657+2.08%
April 2024342.099+2.80%
March 2024341.236+2.51%
February 2024342.505+3.32%
January 2024342.531+3.33%
December 2023342.815+3.42%

Source for these figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.

Where these figures come from

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS23ASAF11, Food at home for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS23ASAF1, Food for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS23ASEFV, Food away from home for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, data month December 2025.

The figures on this page cover the data months shown above. This site's copy of the data was fetched 28 September 2026.

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