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The Fixed Basket · IL homeowner

Illinois · Homeowner

Annual rate of purchasing-power loss for the Homeowner archetype in Illinois. Owner-occupied household profile from CEX 2000 Table 3. Owned-shelter operating cost replaces rent. At 3.38% per year, Illinois runs 0.12 pp below the national Homeowner rate of 3.50%.

Annual rate
3.38%
since 2000-01
Purchasing power
$0.42
of a 2000 dollar
Rolling 12-month
1.51%
as of 2025-12
vs national
-0.12 pp
national 3.50%

The Fixed Basket Index for the Homeowner archetype in Illinois, January 2000 = 100. Download the full series: JSON · CSV.

Annual rate over time

Year-over-year change, %/yr (same-month, so seasonality cancels; 0% = no change). BLS CPI-U (national) is shown for comparison only — not used in the index.

Spendable-dollar variant

Counting only out-of-pocket healthcare (excluding the employer-paid premium share), the Homeowner annual rate in Illinois is 3.07%/yr vs 3.38%/yr standard. Same prices, healthcare re-weighted — query ?basket=spendable on the API.

Per-stratum decomposition

Each contribution is the stratum's weight × its long-run rate over its coverage window, for the Homeowner archetype in Illinois. They reconcile to the headline annual rate via a chain-link & coverage residual (table footer). The Source column shows which strata use Illinois-specific prices vs. national fallback — only state-priced strata make Illinois differ from the national rate.

Stratum Weight Long-run rate Contribution Coverage Source
Healthcare — total premium
healthcare_premium
14.76% 5.17% +0.76 pp 312 National
Entertainment and reading
entertainment
8.37% 4.21% +0.35 pp 312 National
Transportation — vehicles
transportation_vehicles
13.64% 2.47% +0.34 pp 312 National
Food at home
food_at_home
11.59% 2.72% +0.32 pp 311 National
Shelter — property tax
shelter_property_tax
6.00% 4.13% +0.25 pp 312 National
Home energy
energy_home
5.51% 4.17% +0.23 pp 312 National
Transportation — services
transportation_services
10.93% 1.88% +0.21 pp 312 National
Gasoline
energy_gasoline
5.14% 3.17% +0.16 pp 312 National
Shelter — maintenance & repair
shelter_maintenance
4.34% 3.52% +0.15 pp 312 National
Apparel
apparel
7.15% 1.99% +0.14 pp 192 National
Education
education
2.25% 4.57% +0.10 pp 288 National
Healthcare — medical services
medical_services
2.86% 2.90% +0.08 pp 312 National
Other lodging
other_lodging
2.10% 2.53% +0.05 pp 300 National
Shelter — rent
shelter_rent
0.16% 3.86% +0.01 pp 312 National
Postage (USPS)
misc_postage
0.13% 3.37% +0.00 pp 312 National
Communications
communications
3.27% -1.76% -0.06 pp 312 National
Healthcare — prescription drugs
rx_drugs
1.79% -3.44% -0.06 pp 146 National
Contributions, summed+3.04 pp
Chain-link & coverage residual+0.34 pp
Headline annual rate3.38%

Coverage disclosure

For Illinois, 22% of basket weight is state-resolved, and 78% falls back to national pass-through. Per METHODOLOGY.md §5.8.

Show per-stratum coverage map
Stratum Band Weight State data range Source
Food at home National 11.31% bls_apu/APU0000709112
Gasoline National 4.83% eia/eia_gasoline_regular_weekly
Home energy State 4.92% 1989-01 → 2026-03 eia/eia_natgas_residential_monthly
Shelter — rent National 7.62% zillow_zori/zillow_zori_us_national_smoothed
Shelter — property tax National 4.26% census_property_tax/fred_us_property_tax_per_capita_quarterly
Shelter — maintenance & repair National 3.09% shelter_maintenance_ppi/ppi_maint_repair_inputs_us
Other lodging National 1.79% ahla_str_adr/str_us_hotel_adr_annual
Apparel National 6.95% levis_501/levis_501_original_fit_msrp_us
Transportation — vehicles National 12.80% manheim_uvvi/manheim_uvvi_seasonally_adjusted
Transportation — services National 10.14% aaa_driving/aaa_ydc_composite_cents_per_mile
Healthcare — total premium State 14.95% 2013 → 2024 kff_ehbs/kff_ehbs_premium_family_total
Healthcare — prescription drugs National 1.56% nadac/nadac_metformin_hcl_500mg_tablet
Healthcare — medical services National 2.50% cms_pfs/cms_pfs_99213_non_facility
Education State 2.37% 2004 → 2023 ipeds/ipeds_in_state_tuition_and_fees
Communications National 3.28% fcc_urs/fcc_urs_voice_us_residential_annual
Entertainment and reading National 7.52% nato_tickets/nato_us_avg_ticket_price
Postage (USPS) National 0.11% usps_stamp/usps_first_class_stamp_1oz

Other archetypes for Illinois

Switch to a different household profile for Illinois. Same state prices, different weight schedule.

Homeowner in other states

Compare the Homeowner archetype across the country, or see the national Homeowner headline.

Methodology

See the methodology page for the load-bearing pillars and the basket page for per-stratum weights and source map. See the Illinois state landing for the full coverage table.