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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.

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%

Per-stratum decomposition

Each stratum's contribution to the headline annual rate for the Homeowner archetype in Illinois. Sum of contribution_pp approximates the headline rate; differences reflect rounding and coverage discontinuities.

Decomposition data unavailable.

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 — owned operating cost National 7.35% census_property_tax/fred_us_property_tax_per_capita_quarterly
Other lodging National 1.79% ahla_str_adr/str_us_hotel_adr_annual
Apparel National 6.95% levis_501/levis_501_stf_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 — out-of-pocket National 4.06% nadac/nadac_metformin_hcl_500mg_tablet
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.

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.