Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels priced at $20 in 2021 $23.69 in 2024

Other Lodging Away From Home Including Hotels And Motels Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Other Lodging Away From Home Including Hotels And Motels, 2021-2024 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other lodging away from home including hotels and motels are 18.45% higher in 2024 versus 2021 (a $3.69 difference in value).

Between 2021 and 2024: Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels experienced an average inflation rate of 5.81% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other lodging away from home including hotels and motels costing $20 in the year 2021 would cost $23.69 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 4.96% during this same period, inflation for other lodging away from home including hotels and motels was higher.

In the year 2021: Pricing changed by 10.86%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for other lodging away from home including hotels and motels during the 2021-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2021 (4.70%), inflation for other lodging away from home including hotels and motels was much higher.

Price Inflation for Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels since 1967

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1979 (15.36%), 1980 (14.16%), and 1991 (14.14%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2021

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels, over time, for $20 beginning in 2021. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2021$20.0010.86%
2022$22.4812.39%
2023$23.504.54%
2024$23.690.81%*

* 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 lodging away from home including hotels and motels:

Year1967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
CPI26.98528.74631.00033.75435.08535.83137.38540.20043.14646.67750.47757.53866.37775.77784.43894.23199.023106.754114.192118.400125.677132.938138.438152.538174.108184.215189.392195.085203.069213.662224.108234.469241.208252.423253.985251.354252.192265.277274.154285.562299.905300.970279.215280.431287.435292.577294.836307.782317.417325.335327.148329.406339.513299.197331.684372.785389.720392.885

Adjust other lodging away from home including hotels and motels prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2024 / CPI in 2021 * 2021 USD value = 2024 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels was 331.684 in the year 2021 and 392.885 in 2024:

392.885 / 331.684 * $20 = $23.69

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2021 has the same "purchasing power" as $23.69 in 2024 (in the CPI category of Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels).


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

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