Teddy Swims
Prices in 2024 vs. today
“In today's money” adjusts the 2024 price for inflation (CPI-U, Sep 2026). If today's price is higher than that, the item really did get more expensive, not just the dollar.
| Item | 2024 | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 🏠 Median price of a house soldmedian sale price | $419,000 | $393,300 -6% |
| ⛽ Gallon of regular gasper gallon | $3.45 | $4.48 +30% |
| 🥛 Gallon of whole milkper gallon | $3.98 | $4.11 +3% |
| 🥚 Dozen large eggsper dozen | $3.17 | $2.27 -28% |
| 🍞 Loaf of white breadper pound | $1.97 | $1.83 -7% |
| ☕ Pound of ground coffeeper pound | $6.32 | $9.33 +48% |
| ✉️ First-class postage stampper letter | 68¢ | 82¢ +21% |
| 💡 Kilowatt-hour of home electricityper kWh, residential | 16.5¢ | 18.3¢ +11% |
| ⏱️ Federal minimum wageper hour | $7.25 | $7.25 +0% |
| 🧰 Average factory worker's hourly payper hour, manufacturing production workers | $27.78 | $30.21 +9% |
| 👪 Median family incomeper year | $105,300 | $110,500 +5% |
| 🍔 Pound of ground beefper pound | $5.39 | $6.79 +26% |
| 🥓 Pound of baconper pound | $6.78 | $6.76 +-0% |
| 🍗 Pound of whole chickenper pound | $2.00 | $2.06 +3% |
| 🧀 Pound of cheddar cheeseper pound | $5.66 | $6.13 +8% |
| 🍌 Pound of bananasper pound | 62¢ | 66¢ +6% |
| 🍅 Pound of tomatoesper pound | $2.00 | $1.99 +-0% |
| 🍬 Pound of white sugarper pound | 100¢ | $1.02 +2% |
| 🌾 Pound of flourper pound | 56¢ | 55¢ -4% |
2024 at a glance
Questions people ask about 2024
How much was a gallon of gas in 2024?
Regular gasoline averaged $3.45 a gallon in 2024 (U.S. city average, including taxes). That's about $3.70 in today's money. In Sep 2026 it averaged $4.48.
How much was a postage stamp in 2024?
A first-class stamp cost 68¢ in 2024. Today it costs 82¢.
How much did a house cost in 2024?
The median price of a house sold in the U.S. in 2024 was $419,000, about $450,057 adjusted for inflation. The latest median (Q3 2026) is $393,300.
What was the minimum wage in 2024?
The federal minimum wage was $7.25 an hour in 2024, worth about $7.79 an hour today. It has been $7.25 since July 2009.
How much was milk in 2024?
A gallon of whole milk averaged $3.98 in 2024. Today: $4.11.
How much were eggs in 2024?
A dozen large Grade A eggs averaged $3.17 in 2024. Today: $2.27.
What was the #1 song of 2024?
Billboard's top song of 2024 was “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims.
How much is $1 from 2024 worth today?
$1 in 2024 buys about as much as $1.07 did in Sep 2026, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau & HUD, Median Sales Price of Houses Sold; U.S. Energy Information Administration (regular gasoline, U.S. city average retail price incl. taxes; leaded until 1975, unleaded from 1976); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average); U.S. Postal Service rate history (rate in effect July 1); U.S. Energy Information Administration (average residential price incl. taxes); U.S. Department of Labor (rate in effect July 1); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey; Billboard Year-End Hot 100. How we calculate these.
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