Category Archives: Housing

Oct 17, 2017 – US annual cost of housing

By | October 19, 2017

Oct 17. 2017. The biggest cut from your pay check. US annual cost of housing, 2016. US households spend one-third of their paycheck on housing, and the biggest expenses are mortgage, utilities, interest & property tax–in that order. On an average, a US household spends $1574 on housing every month. This includes everything one needs to… Read More »

Oct 16, 2017 – US annual household expenses

By | October 19, 2017

Oct 16, 2017. How do your expenses add up? US annual household expenses for key items, 2016. Out of the annual expenditure of $57,311, housing makes up almost a third of household expenses followed by transportation (16%) and food (13%). After paying taxes, US households spend almost all of their annual income of $57,319 mainly in… Read More »