Grocery costs

Wallet Hub - To identify the cities where groceries take up the biggest share of household income, WalletHub compared the prices of 26 everyday grocery items in 100 of the nation’s largest cities. We then measured the total cost of those items against median household income in each city.
 

Highest % of Income Spent	Lowest % of Income Spent
1. Detroit, MI (4.03%)	91. Scottsdale, AZ (1.46%)
2. Cleveland, OH (3.93%)	92. Plano, TX (1.46%)
3. Birmingham, AL (3.45%)	93. Seattle, WA (1.44%)
4. Toledo, OH (3.20%)	94. Huntington Beach, CA (1.42%)
5. Newark, NJ (3.15%)	95. Santa Clarita, CA (1.34%)
6. Baton Rouge, LA (3.11%)	96. Gilbert, AZ (1.32%)
7. Buffalo, NY (3.10%)	97. Irvine, CA (1.21%)
8. Memphis, TN (3.07%)	98. San Francisco, CA (1.10%)
9. Cincinnati, OH (3.05%)	99. San Jose, CA (1.07%)
10. Hialeah, FL (2.99%)	100. Fremont, CA (0.91%)

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