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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > News Release
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25-1169-DAL
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area – June 2025

Area prices rose 0.4 percent in May and June, up 1.8 percent over the year

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.

  Line chart of 12-month percent changes in the CPI-U all items and all items less food and energy for Houston, not seasonally adjusted. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.
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Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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.


Technical Note

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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025