Average home sale price · 2004 Verified
$265,300in April 2004 — about $471,263 in today's money.
- Price in 2004$265,300
- Same money today$471,263
- Actual price now · January 2026$514,600
- Change since 2004+94%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2004 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour51,515 hours
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)70,979 hours
Observed price divided by the observed wage for the same year — nothing here is back-cast. See the minimum wage record →
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded it in April 2004; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- ASPUS
- Observed
- April 2004
- Coverage
- January 1963 – January 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 188 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain