The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area advanced 0.4 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 0.3 percent. The food index advanced 0.8 percent in May and June, while the energy index rose 0.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area all items CPI-U advanced 1.8 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.1 percent and food prices rose 3.3 percent over the year. Energy prices decreased 3.5 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, June 2022–June 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jun 2022	10.2	6.0
Aug 2022	9.5	7.0
Oct 2022	7.6	6.9
Dec 2022	5.3	5.2
Feb 2023	5.2	5.4
Apr 2023	4.0	5.3
Jun 2023	1.7	5.4
Aug 2023	2.7	4.5
Oct 2023	3.0	3.9
Dec 2023	4.5	5.2
Feb 2024	3.5	3.7
Apr 2024	2.9	2.7
Jun 2024	2.1	1.8
Aug 2024	1.7	2.2
Oct 2024	2.1	2.8
Dec 2024	1.0	1.3
Feb 2025	1.0	1.3
Apr 2025	1.2	1.5
Jun 2025	1.8	2.1

Food prices increased 0.8 percent for the two months ending in June. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 1.1 percent, while the index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 0.6 percent for the same period. Within the food at home category, the cereals and bakery products index and the fruits and vegetables index had notable increases, advancing 3.5 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively. Dairy and related products (-2.7 percent) and other food at home (-0.6 percent) declined over the same period.

The food index rose 3.3 percent over the year. The indexes for food away from home and food at home both advanced, up 3.5 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively, since June 2024. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs contributed most to the 12-month increase in the food at home category, rising 8.0 percent.

The energy index advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in June. Prices paid for gasoline fell 0.8 percent for the same period.

From June 2024 to June 2025, energy prices decreased 3.5 percent. The index for gasoline declined 9.2 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+0.3 percent), household furnishings and operations (+1.7 percent), and used cars and trucks (+2.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new vehicles (-0.5 percent), public transportation, and alcoholic beverages (-3.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.1 percent over the year. Components contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+1.5 percent), household furnishings and operations (+6.5 percent), and medical care (+4.2 percent).

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 11, 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 Houston 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.

The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas, Core Based Statistical Area includes the counties of Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, CPI-U by expenditure category for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		278.069	-	279.067	1.8	0.4	-
All items (1967=100)		891.869	-	895.068	-	-	-
Food and beverages		307.335	-	309.113	3.5	0.6	-
Food		309.096	-	311.559	3.3	0.8	-
Food at home		293.873	294.847	295.556	3.1	0.6	0.2
Cereals and bakery products		326.606	332.740	337.886	3.8	3.5	1.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		336.211	337.777	336.355	8.0	0.0	-0.4
Dairy and related products		240.059	237.293	233.552	2.3	-2.7	-1.6
Fruits and vegetables		373.614	380.261	382.831	4.1	2.5	0.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		356.470	343.437	358.442	0.5	0.6	4.4
Other food at home		244.993	247.003	243.628	-0.6	-0.6	-1.4
Food away from home		320.241	-	323.613	3.5	1.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		267.152	-	258.682	6.9	-3.2	-
Housing		276.368	-	277.779	2.6	0.5	-
Shelter		332.298	332.167	333.230	1.6	0.3	0.3
Rent of primary residence		328.642	328.892	329.048	1.0	0.1	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		311.073	311.248	311.688	1.5	0.2	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		311.073	311.248	311.688	1.5	0.2	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		161.383	-	164.055	6.5	1.7	-
Apparel		181.139	-	184.032	-1.2	1.6	-
Transportation		237.392	-	236.829	-1.3	-0.2	-
Private transportation		239.448	-	239.190	-2.0	-0.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		101.447	-	101.532	-0.5	0.1	-
New vehicles(1)		197.081	-	196.144	0.2	-0.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		296.570	-	302.655	2.1	2.1	-
Motor fuel		245.542	241.589	243.497	-9.2	-0.8	0.8
Gasoline (all types)		245.792	241.847	243.732	-9.2	-0.8	0.8
Unleaded regular(4)		245.993	241.638	243.513	-9.8	-1.0	0.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		282.196	279.819	281.951	-6.9	-0.1	0.8
Unleaded premium(4)		291.271	289.385	291.712	-5.6	0.2	0.8
Medical care		556.279	-	560.025	4.2	0.7	-
Recreation(3)		131.983	-	132.207	1.6	0.2	-
Education and communication(3)		122.446	-	122.327	0.1	-0.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,320.232	-	1,320.534	-2.2	0.0	-
Other goods and services		494.041	-	501.712	4.0	1.6	-
(1) Index is on a April 1978=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. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, CPI-U by special aggregate index for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		278.069	-	279.067	1.8	0.4	-
Food		309.096	-	311.559	3.3	0.8	-
Energy		206.626	205.376	207.142	-3.5	0.2	0.9
All items less food and energy		285.480	-	286.366	2.1	0.3	-
All items less energy		289.017	-	290.079	2.2	0.4	-
All items less medical care		264.133	-	265.025	1.6	0.3	-
All items less shelter		256.938	-	257.965	1.8	0.4	-
Commodities		207.227	-	208.618	0.6	0.7	-
Commodities less food		166.107	-	167.134	-0.9	0.6	-
Commodities less food & beverages		162.918	-	164.081	-1.1	0.7	-
Durables		113.476	-	113.983	1.0	0.4	-
Nondurables		261.037	-	263.214	0.6	0.8	-
Nondurables less food		218.498	-	220.404	-1.9	0.9	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		215.851	-	218.303	-2.7	1.1	-
Services		349.519	-	350.145	2.4	0.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		363.458	-	363.527	3.3	0.0	-
Services less medical care services		325.087	-	325.577	2.2	0.2	-
(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.