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2000 vs 2020

The Cost of Living Comparison

Median Income

$41,990 $68,010

+62.0%

Median Home

$167,550 $328,150

+95.9%

Housing Labor

4.0yr 4.8yr

1.2x harder

📊 Full Item Comparison

Item 2000 Price 2020 Price Change Hours 2000 Hours 2020 Verdict
🥚 Eggs $0.91 $1.51 +65% 0.0h 0.0h Harder
🍞 Bread $0.93 $1.45 +56% 0.0h 0.0h Easier
🥛 Milk $2.78 $3.32 +19% 0.1h 0.1h Easier
⛽ Gas $1.51 $2.17 +44% 0.1h 0.1h Easier
🥩 Ground Beef $1.57 $4.12 +162% 0.1h 0.1h Harder
🐔 Chicken $1.07 $1.56 +46% 0.1h 0.0h Easier
🥓 Bacon $3.03 $5.58 +84% 0.2h 0.2h Harder
☕ Coffee $3.45 $4.43 +28% 0.2h 0.1h Easier
🍊 Oranges $3.45 $4.92 +43% 0.2h 0.2h Easier
🍬 Sugar $5.41 $12.42 +130% 0.3h 0.4h Harder
⚡ Electricity $0.09 $0.14 +55% 0.0h 0.0h Easier
🎓 College Tuition $3,501 $9,349 +167% 173.4h 285.9h Harder
🚗 New Car $21,850 $40,107 +84% 1082.4h 1226.6h Harder
🏠 Monthly Rent $579 $1,076 +86% 28.7h 32.9h Harder
🏥 Doctor Visit $44.99 $68.24 +52% 2.2h 2.1h Easier
🎬 Movie Ticket $5.36 $8.87 +65% 0.3h 0.3h Harder

📈 Got Harder to Earn

Items where labor hours increased from 2000 to 2020, sorted by magnitude.

🎓
College Tuition

173.4h → 285.9h

1.6x

harder

🥩
Ground Beef

0.1h → 0.1h

1.6x

harder

🍬
Sugar

0.3h → 0.4h

1.4x

harder

🏠
Monthly Rent

28.7h → 32.9h

1.1x

harder

🥓
Bacon

0.2h → 0.2h

1.1x

harder

🚗
New Car

1082.4h → 1226.6h

1.1x

harder

🎬
Movie Ticket

0.3h → 0.3h

1.0x

harder

🥚
Eggs

0.0h → 0.0h

1.0x

harder

📉 Got Easier to Earn

Items where labor hours decreased from 2000 to 2020, sorted by magnitude.

🥛
Milk

0.1h → 0.1h

0.7x

easier

Coffee

0.2h → 0.1h

0.8x

easier

🍊
Oranges

0.2h → 0.2h

0.9x

easier

Gas

0.1h → 0.1h

0.9x

easier

🐔
Chicken

0.1h → 0.0h

0.9x

easier

🏥
Doctor Visit

2.2h → 2.1h

0.9x

easier

Electricity

0.0h → 0.0h

1.0x

easier

🍞
Bread

0.0h → 0.0h

1.0x

easier

💵 Purchasing Power

If you earned the median income in 2000 ($41,990), you'd need $63,124 in 2020 to maintain the same lifestyle.

Based on CPI adjustment (172.2 → 258.9).

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