{"id":68328,"date":"2025-11-28T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68328\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T11:11:10","slug":"see-average-budget-in-your-texas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/68328\/","title":{"rendered":"See average budget in your Texas city"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much are you spending this holiday season<\/a>? And how big is the gap between your budget <\/a>and what you’ll actually spend?<\/p>\n

As much fun as the holidays can be, they’re often also a source of financial stress<\/a>. The National Retail Federation<\/a> anticipates holiday sales<\/a> will rise to 4.2% this year \u2014 from 3.7% last year\u00a0\u2014 a and reach over $1 trillion. Meanwhile, credit card debt remains an issue: In the third quarter of this year, the average household had $10,227 in credit card debt, up 2.3% from 2024 per WalletHub data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To give consumers a sense of what their budgets should look like, WalletHub analyzed over 550 U.S. cities. The study determined maximum holiday budgets using key measures like income, age and savings-to-expenses ratios.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepending on the city, an American\u2019s holiday budget this year can range anywhere from just over $200 to more than $4,000, taking into account residents\u2019 income, their existing debt obligations and the cost of living,” said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. “Regardless of how well-off you are this season, it\u2019s important to stick to a budget that fits your financial profile so you don\u2019t rack up unsustainable debt and end up in a bad position after the holidays. There are plenty of ways to enjoy the holidays and show you care without spending much money, like hosting potlucks or giving handmade gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n

What’s the average holiday budget where you live? Find your city in the list below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How much are you spending this holiday season? And how big is the gap between your budget and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,18427,1972,11873,808,511],"class_list":["post-68328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-holiday-shopping","tag-holidays","tag-holidays-seasonal-events","tag-shopping","tag-wallethub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68328","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=68328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}