COST OF LIVING - 1957 VS. 2007
LIFE IN 1957
A TIME CAPSULE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS

Cost of New House

Average Income Per Year

Average Cost of A New Car

Price of a Movie Ticket

Price of a Gallon of Gasoline

First Class Postage

Gallon of Milk

Loaf of Bread

Pound of Bacon

Pound of Hamburger

Pound of Coffee

1957

$12,225.00

$4,594.00

$2,157.00

$1.00

$0.24

$0.03

$1.00

$0.19

$0.60

$0.56

$0.90

2007

$313,000

$39,998.00

$29,520.00

$8.00

$3.18

$0.40

$3.25

$1.20

$3.65

$2.77

$3.30