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Cost of Living in the Northeast: A Homemade Cheeseburger Costs $0.00
A homemade cheeseburger in the Northeast costs $0.00 as of undefined 0, built from current BLS retail prices on ground beef, American cheese, white bread, iceberg lettuce, and a slice of tomato. That is 100.0% below the U.S. national average of $3.32, and 0.0% versus the same month last year.
Northeast Cheeseburger Snapshot
| Current Cost (undefined 0) | $0.00 |
| vs U.S. National Average | -100.0% ($3.32) |
| Year-over-Year Change | 0.0% |
| Month-over-Month Change | 0.0% |
| 12-Month Average | $0.00 |
| Months of BLS Data | 0 |
How Northeast Stacks Up
At $0.00 per homemade burger, the Northeast runs 100.0% below the U.S. average of $3.32. The discount usually traces to lower grocery markups in less dense metros and proximity to agricultural supply.
Among the four U.S. Census regions tracked here, the Northeast ranks #1 of 4 for cost (1 = cheapest). The cheapest region right now is the Midwest at $2.99; the most expensive is the South at $3.16 — a spread of $0.17 per burger.
What's Driving the Northeast Burger Cost?
Ingredient Cost Breakdown (undefined 0)
| Ingredient | Per Burger | Cost | Share |
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Is the Northeast Burger Getting Cheaper or More Expensive?
Cost in the Northeast has held roughly steady — up 0.0% year-over-year, 0.0% month-over-month into undefined 0. Year-to-year shifts of less than 3 percentage points are inside the noise range for retail food pricing and signal a flat trend.
How This Cost Is Calculated
The Cheeseburger Index combines five U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics retail price series — ground beef (APU0000703112), American cheese (APU0000710212), white bread (APU0000702111), iceberg lettuce (APU0000FL2101), and tomatoes (APU0000712311) — into a single composite cost weighted by a real recipe: a 1/3 lb 80%-lean beef patty, one 1 oz cheese slice, a 2 oz white bun, 1 oz iceberg lettuce, and one 2 oz tomato slice. Regional prices are the BLS Census-region averages (codes 0100 NE, 0200 MW, 0300 South, 0400 West). Every input is public-domain government data, refreshed monthly. Read the full methodology.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data — public domain, updated monthly. Cite as: "Burgernomics, undefined 0 reading. Data: BLS Average Price Data."
Last updated 2026-05-08 · 87 months of national data, 0 months for the Northeast.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI, 2026.