San Diego households faced the second-highest burden of combined transportation and housing costs among major cities in the U.S., according to the Department of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey released in December.
Residents of America’s Finest City spent 55.5% of their average annual expenditures on housing and transportation costs between 2023 and 2024, according to the study. That trailed only Miami, where households directed 58% of their annual spending to just those two expenditures.
That total includes a mortgage or rent payment, but also insurance, utilities, maintenance, gas, public transit and related expenses…