Dallas, Texas prices: $27 in 2005 → $44.58 in 2025

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Prices in Dallas, 2005-2025 ($27)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas are 65.12% higher in 2025 versus 2005 (a $17.58 difference in value).

Between 2005 and 2025: Dallas experienced an average inflation rate of 2.54% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, $27 in Dallas in the year 2005 would cost $44.58 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.46% during this same period, inflation in Dallas was higher.

In the year 2005: Pricing changed by 3.23%, which is above the average yearly change in Dallas during the 2005-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2005 (3.39%), inflation in Dallas was lower.

Price Inflation in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas since 1963

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1965197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025-1001020
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (16.95%), 1979 (12.42%), and 1981 (11.74%).
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Buying power of $27.00 since 2005

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power in Dallas, over time, for $27 beginning in 2005. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2005$27.003.23%
2006$27.843.12%
2007$28.261.50%
2008$29.554.58%
2009$29.36-0.66%
2010$29.530.59%
2011$30.433.03%
2012$31.062.10%
2013$31.631.81%
2014$32.001.19%
2015$31.84-0.50%
2016$32.291.40%
2017$33.112.55%
2018$34.092.94%
2019$34.802.10%
2020$35.020.62%
2021$36.785.03%
2022$40.038.83%
2023$42.145.27%
2024$43.803.95%
2025$44.581.78%*

* 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 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas:

Year196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI29.50029.53329.85030.88331.83333.15035.24237.43338.58339.70841.76745.90850.15053.20857.12561.59269.24280.97590.48395.95099.458104.133108.033109.925112.667115.942119.408124.808130.650133.817137.167141.042144.717148.675151.325153.467157.800164.433170.233172.550176.183178.533184.300190.050192.904201.730200.399201.579207.683212.041215.888218.451217.359220.408226.025232.676237.561239.035251.066273.224287.618298.987304.320

Adjust Dallas prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2005 * 2005 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas was 184.300 in the year 2005 and 304.320 in 2025:

304.320 / 184.300 * $27 = $44.58

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $27 in 2005 has the same "purchasing power" as $44.58 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas in 1963. In addition to Dallas, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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