[travisgriggs]

And transportation. And insurance. And energy. And health care.

[kjkjadksj]

All those payments are in the small three figures maybe a month while rents and mortgages are an order of magnitude higher.

[danans]

In absolute terms rent and mortgage tend to always be higher than the other categories for most people.

The more pertinent question is how these have changed on a percentage basis, and relative to each other and median income.

[sanderjd]

None of those things are much more expensive in real terms now than they were a decade ago.

Housing is, though.