South census region
District of Columbia Inflation
Last 10 years. Housing-inflation and cost-of-living metrics are state-specific. The inflation rate uses the South census-region CPI because BLS does not publish a state-level CPI. Refreshed June 8, 2026.
Housing inflation
+0.9%
FHFA HPI year-over-year, latest quarter
Cost of living
109.9
+9.9 pts vs. US (100 = US avg)
Inflation (CPI YoY)
+3.9%
South census-region CPI, latest month
Price trends
Last 10 years. Housing index is YoY change; cost of living is index level (100 = US average); inflation is the regional CPI's YoY change.
Housing inflation (HPI YoY)
State FHFA all-transactions house price index, year-over-year percent change. Quarterly.
Source: FRED · Latest: January 1, 2026 · Series DCSTHPI-yoy
Cost of living level (RPP)
BEA Regional Price Parities, all items. 100 = US national average. Annual.
Source: FRED · Latest: January 1, 2024 · Series DCRPPALL
Inflation (regional CPI YoY)
South census-region CPI, year-over-year. BLS does not publish state-specific CPI, so this is shared across all states in this region.
Source: FRED · Latest: April 1, 2026 · Series CUUR0300SA0-yoy
Cost of living vs national (RPP)
Same RPP series shown at the level, useful for seeing whether the state has gotten more or less expensive than the US average over time.
Source: FRED · Latest: January 1, 2024 · Series DCRPPALL
Methodology
Housing inflation uses the Federal Housing Finance Agency's All-Transactions House Price Index for District of Columbia. Quarterly. The YoY value compares the latest quarter to the same quarter one year earlier.
Cost of living uses BEA Regional Price Parities for All Items, indexed to 100 = US national average. Annual data; the latest available year is the most recently published vintage. A value of 110 means the state is 10% more expensive than the national average; 90 means 10% cheaper.
Inflation uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI for South census region. BLS does not publish a state-level CPI, so this number is shared with every other state in the same region. Monthly cadence; the YoY value compares the latest month to the same month one year earlier.
All three data series come from FRED, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Refresh runs manually via a script in the repo.
Sources
- FHFA House Price Index — State quarterly all-transactions house price index.
- BEA Regional Price Parities — Annual state cost-of-living level index.
- BLS Consumer Price Index — Regional CPI (Northeast, Midwest, South, West); state-level CPI is not published.
- FRED — Federal Reserve Economic Data — Distribution platform for all three series above.