vitrine · corridor · pairwise

1950s ↔ 2020s

Fact families the measure guard certifies comparable for this pair. Everything else renders as the gap it is. Every value links to its placard.

Rooms 1950s 2020s all corridors

A median home — affordability

1950s · Tier C
$7,354 ≈ 5,571 hours of work
2020s · Tier A
$360,600 ≈ 11,972 hours of work

Infant mortality

deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births

1950s · Tier A
29.2 per 1,000 live births
2020s · Tier A
5.6 per 1,000 live births

Homeownership

% of occupied housing units owner-occupied

1950s · Tier A
55.0%
2020s · Tier A
65.3%

Telephone

% of households

⚠ 1910s–1930s sources counted telephones per 1,000 population, not households — those decades render as gaps rather than a unit splice.
⚠ The 2020s point counts cell phones (92.7%); the landline share is on the placard.
1950s · Tier A
Telephone: 61.8% of households (280.9 per 1,000 population). Automobile: registration data available but not asked in 1950 Census.
2020s · Tier A
Cell phone 92.7%, landline 20.1%, garage/carport 67.6%

Women's unpaid home production

hours per week, prime-age women

⚠ The 2020s source (ATUS) measures all-adult household activities, a concept splice from Ramey's women's series — flagged, not smoothed, so the chart renders it as a gap and the placard carries both figures.
1950s · Tier C
41.5
2020s · Tier C
Ramey 2005: women 29.3, men 16.8 hrs/week (ages 18–64) → ATUS 2019: household activities 1.78 hrs/day, all adults 15+ — see the placard

Food's share of spending

% of household expenditure

⚠ Populations differ across the century — 1901 wage-earner families vs modern consumer units; every placard names who was measured.
⚠ The 1950s point is the nearest available survey (CEX 1960–61), stated plainly rather than back-cast.
1950s · Tier A
Food $1,309/yr (24.3% of expenditure), housing $1,594 (29.6%), food away from home $274, local telephone $69/yr. Total expenditure: $5,393.
2020s · Tier A
Food 13.5% of expenditure for 4-person families (~$14,800 of $109,622/yr). Down from 42.54% in 1901.

Weekly hours, manufacturing

hours per week, production workers

1950s · Tier A
40.5
2020s · Tier A
40.7

Consumer Price Index

CPI-U level, 1982–84 = 100

1950s · Tier A
24.1
2020s · Tier A
313.7