Median home sale price · 2004 Verified
$217,600in April 2004 — about $386,532 in today's money.
- Price in 2004$217,600
- Same money today$386,532
- Actual price now · January 2026$403,200
- Change since 2004+85%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2004 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour42,252 hours
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)55,614 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
- MSPUS
- Observed
- April 2004
- Coverage
- January 1963 – January 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 188 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain