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Houston area families now spend more than $22,000 a year to raise one child, study says
A new study from SmartAsset reports that Houston-area families now spend more than $22,000 annually to raise one child, ranking the metro area 42nd nationally for child-rearing costs.
By Brittany Taylor, Meet the Team·2 hr ago
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Families in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area are paying more to raise a child in 2026, according to a new study from SmartAsset.
The personal finance company ranked the Houston metro No. 42 among the nation's largest metropolitan areas for the annual cost of raising a single child.
According to the study, a two-parent household in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands area will spend an average of $22,605 to raise one child in 2026.
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