Cost of raising a child to age of 18 in US

An average family in US spends about $245,340 for raising a child from birth to age of 18.

Home, Food and Transportation are top three expense for raising a child while housing costs are large expenditure on a child, 30 percent of total cost in average. Proportion of Food and Transaportation are 16% and 14% respectively.

This is not include the annual cost of collegue, which cost from $18k - $41k per years.





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