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Concern About Food, Gas and Housing Prices
Share of U.S. adults very concerned about each, %
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Pew Research Center surveys; points are survey waves.
How many Americans say they are very concerned about the prices of everyday things. Each point is a Pew survey wave.
What this chart reads
- Very Concerned About Food and consumer-goods prices · U.S. adults (Pew)as “Food and consumer goods”latest 2026-10-04
- Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices · U.S. adults (Pew)as “Gas and energy”latest 2026-10-04
- Very Concerned About The cost of housing · U.S. adults (Pew)as “Cost of housing”latest 2026-10-04
Sources
Very Concerned About Food and consumer-goods prices · U.S. adults (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/
Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices · U.S. adults (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/
Very Concerned About The cost of housing · U.S. adults (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/
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