The Average Person in Shreveport Has a Budget of $700 to Spend on Christmas
Shreveport's average doesn't even come close to the top cities' budgets.
If you're like me, you read that headline and thought "I wish I had that much money to spend on Christmas." According to WalletHub and TransUnion, Shreveport's budget for this Christmas is $698 per person.
Which is very little compared to the top cities.
In fact, it's below the national average which sits at $805.65, a few dollars more than last year. The largest budget across the U.S. is Palo Alto, California where the average person has an average budget of $2,886.
Here are the Top 10 largest budgets for Christmas 2015:
1. Palo Alto, CA $2,886
2. Flower Mound, TX $2,624
3. Frisco, TX $2,444
4. Sugar Land, TX $2,422
5. Carmel, IN $2,258
Shreveport's budget sits at $698
Here are the 10 smallest budgets for Christmas 2015:
559. Kalamazoo, MI $104
560. New Bedford, MA $98
561. Memphis, TN $98
562. Knoxville, TN $81
563. Albany, GA $68