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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX · latest published month December 2025

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, 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 2025299.113December 2024+2.77%

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 2025299.113+2.77%
November 2025296.011+2.22%
September 2025302.307+3.33%
August 2025297.590+2.50%
July 2025298.049+2.73%
June 2025295.556+3.10%
May 2025294.847+0.89%
April 2025293.873+1.53%
March 2025292.452+0.54%
February 2025295.597+1.15%
January 2025295.538+1.14%
December 2024291.037+0.11%
November 2024289.579-0.61%
October 2024290.440-0.52%
September 2024292.560+1.48%
August 2024290.331+1.38%
July 2024290.115+1.47%
June 2024286.664+0.14%
May 2024292.259+0.53%
April 2024289.452+0.48%
March 2024290.887+2.09%
February 2024292.243+3.62%
January 2024292.218+2.87%
December 2023290.719+4.55%

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 2025317.149December 2024+3.60%

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 2025317.149+3.60%
August 2025312.719+2.60%
June 2025311.559+3.30%
April 2025309.096+2.59%
February 2025309.945+2.47%
December 2024306.115+1.93%
October 2024306.061+1.78%
August 2024304.801+2.56%
June 2024301.596+1.84%
April 2024301.296+2.55%
February 2024302.465+4.60%
December 2023300.316+5.26%
October 2023300.721+4.86%
August 2023297.196+5.01%
June 2023296.139+7.67%
April 2023293.804+9.77%
February 2023289.165+11.08%
December 2022285.299+11.90%
October 2022286.780+13.22%
August 2022283.030+14.79%
June 2022275.046+11.19%
April 2022267.654+8.67%
February 2022260.328+6.82%
December 2021254.948+5.24%

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 2025331.593December 2024+4.55%

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 2025331.593+4.55%
August 2025323.656+2.68%
June 2025323.613+3.54%
April 2025320.241+3.67%
February 2025319.978+3.79%
December 2024317.155+3.81%
October 2024317.691+4.30%
August 2024315.204+3.54%
June 2024312.554+3.52%
April 2024308.912+5.39%
February 2024308.301+6.00%
December 2023305.509+6.35%
October 2023304.599+4.72%
August 2023304.416+6.23%
June 2023301.932+8.50%
April 2023293.119+7.68%
February 2023290.859+9.07%
December 2022287.280+8.96%
October 2022290.871+12.16%
August 2022286.571+12.80%
June 2022278.266+9.54%
April 2022272.205+7.54%
February 2022266.680+5.29%
December 2021263.656+4.22%

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 CUURS37BSAF11, Food at home for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS37BSAF1, Food for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS37BSEFV, Food away from home for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, 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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