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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SAH1

Shelter

Prices for shelter rose 3.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.3% in the month.

12 months+3.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+2.1%seasonally adjusted
Index430.61982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%5%8%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3003504002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026430.6+0.3%+3.0%
July 2026429.5+0.1%+3.2%
June 2026429.1+0.1%+3.3%
May 2026428.7+0.3%+3.4%
April 2026427.0+0.6%+3.3%
March 2026424.4+0.3%+3.0%
February 2026422.8+0.2%+3.0%
January 2026421.5+0.2%+3.0%
December 2025420.1+0.4%+3.2%
November 2025418.6—+3.0%
September 2025418.6+0.2%+3.6%
August 2025417.9+0.4%+3.6%
July 2025416.3+0.2%+3.7%
June 2025415.5+0.2%+3.8%
May 2025414.7+0.3%+3.9%
April 2025413.4+0.3%+4.0%
March 2025412.0+0.2%+4.0%
February 2025410.6+0.3%+4.2%
January 2025409.2+0.3%+4.4%
December 2024407.2+0.3%+4.6%
November 2024406.2+0.3%+4.7%
October 2024405.3+0.4%+4.9%
September 2024404.1+0.3%+4.9%
August 2024403.3+0.4%+5.2%
July 2024401.5+0.4%+5.1%

What it is made of

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SAH1 and CUSR0000SAH1). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.