Other food at home priced at $20 in 2020 $25.29 in 2025

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Prices for Other Food At Home, 2020-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other food at home are 26.44% higher in 2025 versus 2020 (a $5.29 difference in value).

Between 2020 and 2025: Other food at home experienced an average inflation rate of 4.80% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other food at home costing $20 in the year 2020 would cost $25.29 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 4.32% during this same period, inflation for other food at home was higher.

In the year 2020: Pricing changed by 2.95%, which is below the average yearly change for other food at home during the 2020-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2020 (1.23%), inflation for other food at home was higher.

Price Inflation for Other food at home since 1967

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1974 (30.10%), 1977 (21.16%), and 1975 (15.94%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2020

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other food at home, over time, for $20 beginning in 2020. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2020$20.002.95%
2021$20.512.55%
2022$23.1712.98%
2023$24.827.12%
2024$25.111.14%
2025$25.290.73%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Other food at home:

Year19671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI29.28529.77730.67732.86934.28534.59236.72347.77755.39256.42368.36273.63879.01588.40094.95497.34699.531103.123105.700109.385110.485113.131119.085123.423127.262128.831130.462135.608140.769142.938147.338150.815153.469155.638159.562160.785162.600164.885166.962169.631173.275184.166191.220191.124197.358204.844204.812206.158209.334209.523209.865210.220211.093217.325222.875251.811269.729272.803274.791

Adjust other food at home prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2020 * 2020 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Other food at home was 217.325 in the year 2020 and 274.791 in 2025:

274.791 / 217.325 * $20 = $25.29

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2020 has the same "purchasing power" as $25.29 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Other food at home).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Other food at home in 1967. In addition to other food at home, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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