Per metric · 2026-04-27

What's a typical monthly groceries in the US?

Median is $475. Most people fall between $300 and $700. Above $1,000 is top-10%.

What's a typical monthly groceries?

The median US adult lands at $475 for monthly groceries. The 25th-to-75th percentile range — what most people would call 'normal' — runs from $300 to $700. Below $200 you're in the bottom 10%; above $1,000 you're in the top 10%.

How we computed this

We anchor at p1, p5, p10, p25, p50, p75, p90, p95, and p99 from public-data sources and linearly interpolate between them. See methodology for the full chain.

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