Which States Have the Most and Least Expensive Walmart Groceries?

Walmart is known for offering competitive prices on groceries, but how much you’ll pay varies widely depending on where you live.

CashNetUSA created a 12-item grocery list and found the total price for the list in every state based on the costs in each state’s biggest city. In the state with the most expensive Walmart groceries, shoppers pay 34% more than the average American Walmart shopper, and in the state with the cheapest Walmart groceries, shoppers pay 4.8% less than the national average.

Here’s a look at the states with the most and least expensive Walmart groceries.

CashNetUSA compared the prices of the following items at Walmart across all 50 states: 2 pounds of bananas, 3 pounds of boneless chicken breast, 5 ounces of canned tuna, 10 ounces of tomatoes, a half gallon of milk, 16 ounces of cheese, one box of breakfast cereal, a dozen eggs, 1 gallon of water, a loaf of white bread, 5 pounds of potatoes and 48 ounces of vegetable oil.

Here are the 10 states where these groceries cost the most.

• Cost compared to national average: +34%

• Cost compared to national average: +32.1%

• Cost compared to national average: +9.3%

• Cost compared to national average: +4.4%

• Cost compared to national average: +2.1%

• Cost compared to national average: +1.8%

• Cost compared to national average: +1.5%

• Cost compared to national average: +0.8%

• Cost compared to national average: +0.7%

• Cost compared to national average: +0.5%

Shopping for groceries at Walmart in these states is cheaper than the national average.

• Cost compared to national average: -4.8%

• Cost compared to national average: -4.4%

• Cost compared to national average: -4%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.9%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.8%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.7%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.5%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.5%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.3%

• Cost compared to national average: -3.1%

Editor’s note: Data was sourced from CashNetUSA and is accurate as of Feb. 3, 2025.