A Look Back At What Things Used to Cost
A fun look at the prices of goods and services -- car, gas, milk, bread, and the cost of a home -- from 100 years ago to more recent times.
What did things cost over the decades, compared to today?
1914
Car: $500
House: $3,500
Milk: $.32
Bread: $.06
Gas: $.12
1939
Car: $750
House: $4,000
Milk: $.23
Bread: $.09
Gas: $.10
1964
Car: $3,500
House: $20,000
Milk: $.49
Bread: $.22
Gas: $.30
1989
Car: $12,000
House: $100,000
Milk: $2.30
Bread: $.61
Gas: $1.12
2018:
Car: $35,285*
House: $222,800 (median price, according to Zillow)
Milk: $3.50
Bread: $2.50
Gas: $2.90
*2018 data according to Kelly Blue Book/PRN Newswire.
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Prices have gone way up over the last 100 years. Everything that was cheaper in 1913 is a lot higher today than back then.
The prices have gone up a bunch, gas prices of gone up 40 cents a gallon.
A we move towards a progressive future the prices of goods and services will eventually rise up leading to inflation
As we move into future the price of gas,milk,cars and a house will go up as with inflation and the minimum wage going up it will result in more money needed to printed increasing the price of everyday household items
if the amount of cars have gone up this much imagen in a few years.
Yeah just imagen. I can ONLY imagen. The sheer amount of imagening I’m doing right now is nuts, you can’t even imagen it. Man I just love imagening.
Prices are ridiculous. A dozen of eggs are over $6. I wish they were lower.
i peronsally prefer the prices before not now
When I was 18 in 1917 they paid you to buy gas.
How much were batteries before the 1900s
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