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Household chores list: 64 chores sorted by how often they need doing
A household chores list for any home, sorted from daily jobs to monthly ones, including the rows people forget: bills, appointments, the shared calendar. The same 64 chores print on two pages with a tick box each, so you can cross out what does not apply before anyone argues about the rest.
- Pages
- 2 pages, 64 numbered chores with tick boxes
- Paper
- US Letter and A4, portrait, print at 100 %
- Goes with
- The blank chore chart from the same set
In short
Daily chores keep the house usable: dishes, counters, dinner, pets. Weekly chores keep it clean: bathroom, floors, sheets, groceries. Monthly chores, like the oven or the bills, are the ones that slip for a year.
Across everyone aged 15 and over in the US, household activities average 1.99 hours a day (BLS, ATUS 2025, Table 1). Cross out the rows that do not apply, then give each remaining row a frequency, an owner and one line for what “done” means.
The household chores list, sorted by how often
Treat each frequency as a target for an ordinary week: a house with a dog needs the floors more often. The numbers match the printable. This house chores list also covers money and paperwork, the jobs nobody sees until a bill is late.
Daily chores list
- 1 Wash dishes
- 2 Empty dishwasher
- 3 Wipe counters
- 15 Prepare dinner
- 16 Pack lunches
- 42 Wipe dining table
- 43 Tidy shared spaces
- 44 Return stray items
- 49 Feed pets
- 50 Refresh pet water
- 51 Clean litter box
- 52 Walk dog
- 59 Sort incoming mail
A few times a week
- 4 Clean stovetop
- 9 Check food dates
- 17 Wipe bathroom sink
- 25 Sort laundry
- 26 Wash laundry
- 27 Dry laundry
- 28 Fold laundry
- 29 Put clothes away
- 35 Sweep entryway
- 38 Empty trash bins
- 40 Replace bin liners
- 41 Water plants
Weekly chores list
- 6 Clean microwave
- 11 Plan meals
- 12 Write grocery list
- 13 Buy groceries
- 14 Put groceries away
- 18 Clean toilet
- 19 Clean shower
- 20 Scrub bathtub
- 21 Clean mirrors
- 22 Replace towels
- 23 Refill soap
- 24 Restock toilet paper
- 31 Change bed sheets
- 32 Wash kitchen towels
- 33 Vacuum floors
- 34 Mop hard floors
- 36 Dust shelves
- 39 Take out recycling
- 47 Check cleaning supplies
- 56 Track shared expenses
- 58 Update shared calendar
- 61 Check home supplies
- 64 Plan the coming week
Monthly and seasonal
- 5 Wipe cabinet fronts
- 7 Clean oven
- 8 Clean refrigerator
- 10 Organize pantry
- 30 Wash bedding
- 37 Wipe light switches
- 45 Clean windows
- 46 Vacuum sofa
- 48 Wash reusable bags
- 53 Arrange pet care
- 54 Review household bills
- 55 Pay agreed bills
- 57 Schedule appointments
- 60 File documents
- 62 Plan home repairs
- 63 Check car maintenance
Three chores with a real rule behind the timing
Check food dates, twice a week. The USDA says leftovers keep 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator, so a Monday and Thursday check catches them in time. Source: USDA FSIS, Leftovers and Food Safety
Dry laundry, lint filter every cycle. The U.S. Fire Administration advises cleaning the lint filter before and after each cycle, because a dirty filter raises the risk of a dryer fire. Source: USFA, Clothes Dryer Fire Safety
Test smoke alarms, monthly. It is not on the printable, so write it into a blank row: USFA advises a monthly test and new batteries at least once a year. Source: USFA, Smoke Alarms
What “done” means, one line per chore
- Wash dishes · daily
- Sink empty, dishwasher running or rack dry, counters wiped
- Check food dates · twice a week
- Leftovers older than four days are out
- Dry laundry · each load
- Lint filter cleaned, clothes out of the dryer the same day
- Clean toilet · weekly
- Bowl, seat, base and the floor around it; brush rinsed
- Change bed sheets · weekly
- Fresh set on, used set in the wash, not on the floor
- Pay agreed bills · monthly
- Paid, marked on the shared calendar, one named owner
How long household chores take: about two hours a day
The 2025 American Time Use Survey puts household activities at 1.99 hours a day across everyone aged 15 and over, and food preparation with cleanup is the largest part. Source: BLS, ATUS 2025, Table 1
Cooking and cleanup lean to weekdays (66 % against 63 %), housework to weekends (40 % against 35 %). So keep the daily rows for weekday evenings and give the list of weekly household chores one weekend slot. Source: BLS, ATUS 2025 news release
Household management, the survey’s category for paperwork and planning, averages 0.17 hours a day. It is the household duties list nobody writes down, which is why rows 54 to 64 exist. To split the work by minutes, use the chore split calculator.
Hours a day on household activities, US, 2025
Cross out, then give every row an owner
A complete list can backfire. One commenter wrote that a list like this:
“creates pressure to do jobs that aren’t that high priority or don’t need doing for any other reason than they are on a list.”r/homemaking · a thread about an overwhelming cleaning routine
So use the printable as a household task list to choose from. Cross out the rows your home does not have, like the litter box, then move each remaining row to the frequency that fits your week. A job that should change hands every week fits a printable chore wheel.
Then give every row one owner:
“I always found splitting up the chores by area is much better than trying to 50/50 each individual task.”r/homemaking · “Cleaning routine for a couple”
Copy the rows you kept onto the blank chart: area, what “done” means, the day, whose name is on it. Your home chore list is now a plan everyone reads the same way. When one person should own a whole area, use the responsibility chart for adults.
Household chore list printable: Letter and A4
Both pages in one PDF, a tick box on every row. Free, no email, sorted by frequency above.
Questions people ask
How many chores should you do a day?
There is no fixed number; this list has thirteen daily rows, most of them a few minutes each. Household activities average 1.99 hours a day across everyone aged 15 and over (BLS, ATUS 2025, Table 1), so put the long jobs on one weekly slot.
What are 10 common household chores?
Dishes, counters, dinner, trash, laundry, vacuuming, the toilet, bed sheets, groceries and the bills. All ten are on the printable, as rows 1, 3, 15, 38, 26, 33, 18, 31, 13 and 55.
How should household chores be divided?
By minutes and whole areas: one owner per area, one line for “done”, totals checked in the chore split calculator.
Is there a list of 100 chores to do around the house?
This one has 64, because it keeps only chores that come back on a schedule (see the list). Seasonal jobs such as clearing gutters go into blank rows, so the domestic chores list fits your home.
Can I get the household chores list by room?
Yes, the printable is grouped by room. Rows 1–16 are the kitchen, 17–24 the bathroom, 25–32 laundry, 33–48 floors, 49–53 pets and 54–64 money and admin.
Is there an app for a shared chore list?
Yes. In Alpacto a row becomes a pact: the chore, what counts as done, and what it is worth in coins, on iPhone and Android.
Other free printable sheets
Save this list to Pinterest
Pin it now and the list is there the next time nobody can remember what needs doing. Sixty-four chores on two pages, sorted by how often they come round, with a box to tick the ones that fit your home.
One row of the list, as a pact
In Alpacto, “Dishes after dinner, Mon · Wed · Fri” is a routine you both see. One person marks it done, the other confirms, and the pact holds the reminder, so nobody has to ask twice.