Rent is not the entire housing bucket (only 35% of Americans don’t own a home) and it’s also not uniform. If you have a house with a fixed mortgage, your housin

Rent is not the entire housing bucket (only 35% of Americans don’t own a home) and it’s also not uniform. If you have a house with a fixed mortgage, your housing cost has increased by probably about the increase in property tax due to assessed value rise. What you’re probably looking for is a local cost of living index rather than nationwide CPI.