{"id":436121,"date":"2026-09-15T01:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436121\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T01:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:04:25","slug":"texas-dominates-top-10-list-for-affordable-pumpkin-spice-latte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436121\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas dominates top 10 list for affordable pumpkin spice latte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS (KDAF) \u2014\u00a0All five Texas cities analyzed in a new study by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomdebtrelief.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-vars-link-url=\"https:\/\/www.freedomdebtrelief.com\/\" data-vars-link-hostname=\"www.freedomdebtrelief.com\">Freedom Debt Relief<\/a> rank among the 10 most affordable in the nation for a pumpkin spice latte.<\/p>\n<p>Houston leads the state as the second most affordable city in the United States, placing just behind Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The study analyzed the average price of a 16-ounce hot pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks, Dunkin and two local or state-based coffee chains across the 15 largest U.S. cities. Philadelphia recorded the lowest average price nationwide at $5.60, with Texas accounting for half of the national top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Houston placed second nationally with an average price of $5.72 for a pumpkin spice latte, making it the most affordable Texas market in the study. Dallas ranked fourth in the country with an average price of $5.97, while neighboring Fort Worth ranked fifth at $6.16.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio and Austin also reached the national top 10, placing ninth and 10th respectively. Freedom Debt Relief calculated that purchasing one pumpkin spice latte per week over a 13-week fall season would cost Texas consumers between $74.36 and $82.29. In Austin, the highest-priced Texas city evaluated, the 13-week total is $8.19 lower than in New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">STUDY: The Most Affordable Texas Cities for a Pumpkin Spice Latte<\/p>\n<p>RankTexas CityStateAverage PSL PriceCost over 13-weeks(1 PSL\/Week)2HoustonTX$5.72$74.364DallasTX$5.97$77.645Fort WorthTX$6.16$80.089San AntonioTX$6.32$82.1910AustinTX$6.33$82.29<\/p>\n<p>Freedom Debt Relief analyzed pumpkin spice latte prices across the 15 largest U.S. cities. In each city, the study recorded the price of a 16 oz hot pumpkin spice latte from four establishments: Starbucks, Dunkin\u2019 and two local or state-based coffee chains with at least three locations in the relevant metro area.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for all four establishments, including Starbucks and Dunkin\u2019, were collected through each chain\u2019s official website using its online ordering or pickup service. If online pickup pricing was unavailable for a local chain, another qualifying local chain was selected. All prices were recorded before tax and service fees using the drink\u2019s default customization. Each city\u2019s average price was calculated across the four establishments, with each contributing 25% to the result.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-week cost was calculated using each city\u2019s unrounded average price and represents the cost of purchasing one PSL per week throughout the fall season. Prices displayed in the table were rounded to two decimal places. Data was collected on August 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by CW33.\u00a0Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat\u00a0information\u00a0into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by\u00a0CW33\u00a0staff before being published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS (KDAF) \u2014\u00a0All five Texas cities analyzed in a new study by Freedom Debt Relief rank among the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-436121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}