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The bill paying assistance company doxo found that residents of
Illinois pay nearly $900 more a year for household expenses than
the national average.
The report reveals that while the average U.S. household spends
$24,557 annually on the most essential household bills, which is
35% of the U.S. household median income of $70,784 and roughly
$2,046 per month, many states, including Illinois, rank above
this figure.
“We look at the ten most common household bills, and for each
city and state and county across the U.S., we were able to come
up with a number for how much consumers, on average, pay for
household bills on a monthly and yearly basis,” said Liz Powell,
senior director of Insights at doxo.
Illinois is known for its high property taxes, so the cost of
mortgage helps place the Land of Lincoln as the 16th most
expensive state for household bills. Illinois households spend
about 35% of their income on bills.
According to the study, Kendall County is the most expensive
county in the state for household expenses, nearly $11,000 over
the U.S. average. By comparison, household bills in Marion
County in downstate Illinois are 37% lower than the national
average.
Chicagoans pay $2,188 a month on the 10 most common household
bills. That is 6.9% higher than the national average, and 3.2%
higher than the state average of $2,121.
Hawaii, California and New Jersey were the three most expensive
states for monthly bills, while West Virginia, Mississippi and
Arkansas were the most affordable.
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