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Ohio.
What the 14 essentials cost here — and how that compares to where they sat in January 2019.
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Biggest mover
+122%
Regular Gasoline · since 2019
Basket average
+58%
Across 14 essentials
Most below U.S.
-26%
Ground Beef · vs U.S. avg
Every essential
Ohio, at receipt level.
Sorted by % change since 2019
Energy
Regular Gasoline
$4.30
from $1.94 · 2019
Groceries
Ground Coffee
$8.27
from $3.92 · 2019
Fruit
Orange Juice (16 oz)
$5.25
from $2.60 · 2019
Groceries
Eggs (Grade A, Large)
$2.29
from $1.30 · 2019
Groceries
Ground Beef
$5.13
from $3.54 · 2019
Groceries
Whole Milk
$3.95
from $2.83 · 2019
Groceries
White Bread
$1.68
from $1.21 · 2019
Groceries
Sliced Bacon
$7.17
from $5.15 · 2019
Groceries
Cheddar Cheese
$6.73
from $4.83 · 2019
Energy
Residential Electricity
16.88¢
from 12.13¢ · 2019
Energy
Residential Natural Gas
$13.60
from $9.78 · 2019
Fruit
Red Delicious Apples
$2.07
from $1.49 · 2019
Fruit
Bananas
$0.73
from $0.53 · 2019
Groceries
Whole Chicken
$1.88
from $1.36 · 2019
Energy figures come from state-level EIA reporting. Grocery figures for Ohio are estimates derived from national BLS averages adjusted by regional price parities — how the math works.
Ohio vs the U.S.
Pays the most over national on Cheese.
The gap vs the U.S. average isn't random. It tracks regional energy mixes, state taxes, and how far things travel to reach the shelf.
Small habits, Ohio-sized
What if the whole state shifted one habit?
You can't argue a price down on your own. But the choices every household makes — combined — move real money. Pick an essential and see.
The household-math angle
If every Ohio household saved a little.
Ohio has 4.8M households. If each one cut 8 gallons of gasoline a month — carpooling or combining trips one day a week — the state would keep:
$1.5B
statewide, per year
$311
per household, per year
What you can do
The price is what it is. The choices about it aren't.
What actually worksSend this to a neighbor