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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · latest published month December 2025

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: grocery and restaurant price change

How fast prices are changing in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, 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 2025303.470December 2024+1.84%

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 2025303.470+1.84%
November 2025302.604+1.73%
September 2025306.047+2.52%
August 2025302.278+1.13%
July 2025299.805+0.25%
June 2025301.361+0.98%
May 2025299.764+1.94%
April 2025298.885+2.52%
March 2025297.714+1.89%
February 2025296.942+1.35%
January 2025296.666+1.24%
December 2024297.984+2.02%
November 2024297.460+2.39%
October 2024298.143+2.87%
September 2024298.516+2.43%
August 2024298.894+3.93%
July 2024299.046+4.18%
June 2024298.423+4.19%
May 2024294.055+1.88%
April 2024291.525+0.36%
March 2024292.197+1.03%
February 2024292.989+0.12%
January 2024293.032+0.28%
December 2023292.077+0.97%

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
FoodNovember 2025328.506November 2024+2.22%

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
November 2025328.506+2.22%
September 2025330.909+3.06%
July 2025325.774+1.41%
May 2025324.837+2.60%
March 2025323.351+2.51%
January 2025321.023+1.84%
November 2024321.368+2.79%
September 2024321.071+2.99%
July 2024321.240+4.40%
May 2024316.605+2.64%
March 2024315.426+2.48%
January 2024315.228+1.97%
November 2023312.634+2.77%
September 2023311.741+4.15%
July 2023307.701+2.15%
May 2023308.473+4.39%
March 2023307.783+5.79%
January 2023309.141+6.51%
November 2022304.207+7.03%
September 2022299.309+6.24%
July 2022301.239+8.90%
May 2022295.510+8.42%
March 2022290.945+7.20%
January 2022290.255+6.73%

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 homeNovember 2025364.553November 2024+2.76%

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
November 2025364.553+2.76%
September 2025365.590+3.70%
July 2025361.893+2.75%
May 2025359.766+3.36%
March 2025359.019+3.21%
January 2025354.984+2.54%
November 2024354.752+3.20%
September 2024352.541+3.84%
July 2024352.198+4.74%
May 2024348.075+3.76%
March 2024347.858+4.66%
January 2024346.199+4.72%
November 2023343.763+5.72%
September 2023339.519+6.61%
July 2023336.250+5.94%
May 2023335.461+7.79%
March 2023332.381+7.28%
January 2023330.605+5.14%
November 2022325.158+5.06%
September 2022318.476+3.51%
July 2022317.390+4.82%
May 2022311.206+4.15%
March 2022309.828+5.59%
January 2022314.454+6.21%

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 CUURS35ASAF11, Food at home for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, data month December 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS35ASAF1, Food for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, data month November 2025.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted), series CUURS35ASEFV, Food away from home for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, data month November 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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