The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area increased 0.2 percent for the two months ending in August 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent over the two-month period. The energy index rose 0.3 percent from June to August and the index for food was up 0.6 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area all items CPI-U increased 0.7 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.8 percent over the year. The food index rose 2.6 percent, and the energy index was down 3.0 percent compared to August 2024.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, August 2022–August 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Aug 2022	8.6	6.7
Oct 2022	8.5	6.2
Dec 2022	6.2	5.5
Feb 2023	7.0	6.8
Apr 2023	6.6	7.6
Jun 2023	4.7	7.8
Aug 2023	5.9	7.7
Oct 2023	3.4	5.6
Dec 2023	4.5	5.5
Feb 2024	2.8	3.3
Apr 2024	3.5	4.0
Jun 2024	3.4	3.8
Aug 2024	3.5	4.2
Oct 2024	3.3	3.9
Dec 2024	2.8	3.3
Feb 2025	3.3	4.2
Apr 2025	1.4	2.0
Jun 2025	1.3	1.7
Aug 2025	0.7	0.8

Food prices rose 0.6 percent for the two months ending in August. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.9 percent.

Food prices rose 2.6 percent over the year. Prices for food at home advanced 2.3 percent. Grocery food categories increasing over the year included fruits and vegetables (+9.4 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+6.2 percent). The index for dairy and related products was down 6.0 percent over the year.

The energy index rose 0.3 percent for the two months ending in August. Gasoline prices were up 1.0 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices fell 3.0 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were down 8.3 percent compared to August 2024.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+0.8 percent), apparel (+3.6 percent), and medical care (+0.7 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for communication.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.8 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+2.0 percent), medical care (+3.7 percent), and new and used motor vehicles (+3.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

The October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Detroit is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Core Based Statistical Area includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.

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Table 1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by expenditure category for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		298.928	-	299.658	0.7	0.2	-
All items (1967=100)		888.538	-	890.708	-	-	-
Food and beverages		292.685	-	294.201	2.6	0.5	-
Food		293.193	-	295.073	2.6	0.6	-
Food at home		275.024	275.200	277.447	2.3	0.9	0.8
Cereals and bakery products		344.812	345.778	339.703	0.2	-1.5	-1.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		295.393	298.750	301.230	6.2	2.0	0.8
Dairy and related products		199.941	199.807	196.732	-6.0	-1.6	-1.5
Fruits and vegetables		271.524	278.775	289.468	9.4	6.6	3.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		276.115	268.665	268.420	1.3	-2.8	-0.1
Other food at home		259.216	256.531	260.294	0.3	0.4	1.5
Food away from home		-	-	325.000	3.0	-	-
Alcoholic beverages		281.728	-	278.653	2.7	-1.1	-
Housing		297.739	-	299.851	0.0	0.7	-
Shelter		345.451	348.863	348.064	-1.0	0.8	-0.2
Rent of primary residence		355.589	357.073	356.809	2.8	0.3	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		339.147	341.281	339.705	2.0	0.2	-0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		339.147	341.281	339.705	2.0	0.2	-0.5
Household furnishings and operations		147.308	-	148.509	3.7	0.8	-
Apparel		112.082	-	116.158	6.4	3.6	-
Transportation		326.187	-	321.400	-1.6	-1.5	-
Private transportation		337.153	-	332.177	-1.7	-1.5	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		146.553	-	147.307	3.0	0.5	-
New vehicles(1)		260.850	-	260.654	1.0	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		392.457	-	397.730	5.9	1.3	-
Motor fuel		286.060	286.966	289.018	-8.3	1.0	0.7
Gasoline (all types)		285.229	286.044	288.129	-8.3	1.0	0.7
Unleaded regular(4)		284.918	285.573	287.761	-8.7	1.0	0.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		356.123	358.542	360.477	-7.0	1.2	0.5
Unleaded premium(4)		318.915	321.333	322.639	-5.4	1.2	0.4
Medical care		510.388	-	514.187	3.7	0.7	-
Recreation(3)		129.140	-	130.431	2.1	1.0	-
Education and communication(3)		164.642	-	162.507	0.0	-1.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		563.257	-	562.338	1.4	-0.2	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, CPI-U by special aggregate index for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		298.928	-	299.658	0.7	0.2	-
Food		293.193	-	295.073	2.6	0.6	-
Energy		280.557	278.840	281.453	-3.0	0.3	0.9
All items less food and energy		307.588	-	308.096	0.8	0.2	-
All items less energy		304.495	-	305.220	1.0	0.2	-
All items less medical care		290.648	-	291.233	0.4	0.2	-
All items less shelter		284.252	-	284.141	1.5	0.0	-
Commodities		214.810	-	216.630	1.3	0.8	-
Commodities less food		179.807	-	181.589	0.6	1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		176.014	-	177.965	0.5	1.1	-
Durables		138.025	-	139.224	3.5	0.9	-
Nondurables		247.725	-	249.806	0.6	0.8	-
Nondurables less food		209.176	-	211.442	-1.2	1.1	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		204.262	-	206.936	-1.4	1.3	-
Services		384.192	-	383.912	0.4	-0.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		441.821	-	437.400	1.7	-1.0	-
Services less medical care services		376.150	-	375.607	-0.1	-0.1	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.