Then vs. Now
Two years. A clearer picture of what changed.
Gas Price
2016 → 2026
$2.15$3.87
+80.2% · EIA
Median Home Price
2016 → 2026
$306.5K$406.1K
+32.5% · Census
Grocery Basket
2016 → 2026
$13.54$19.35
+42.9% · BLS
Median Household Income
2016 → 2025 (latest)
$59.0K$87.5K
+48.1% · Census
National Debt
2016 → 2026
$19.5T$39.5T
+102.8% · Treasury
Median Rent
2016 → 2024 (latest)
$981$1,487
+51.6% · Census
Mortgage Rate
2016 → 2026
3.6%6.5%
+2.9 pts · Freddie Mac
Unemployment
2016 → 2026
4.9%4.2%
−0.6 pts · BLS
GDP per Capita
2016 → 2026
$57.9K$94.1K
+62.4% · BEA
Population
2016 → 2026
324.6M342.7M
+5.6% · BEA
Annual averages of each official series, in nominal dollars; 2026 is year to date.