How many Bitcoins would you need to buy a house in the United States?
2012 – 50,616 Bitcoins
2013 – 19,127 Bitcoins
2014 – 351 Bitcoins
2015 – 901 Bitcoins
2016 – 697 Bitcoins
2017 – 323 Bitcoins
2018 – 24 Bitcoins
2019 – 84 Bitcoins
2020 – 46 Bitcoins
2021 – 10 Bitcoins
2022 – 20 Bitcoins
2023 – 14 Bitcoins
2024 – 7 Bitcoins
For reference, the median house price in 2012 was about $240,000, and the lowest price of Bitcoin in 2012 was about $4.70, making each house worth about 50,000 BTC. In 2024, the median home price is just under $420,000, while Bitcoin recently passed $70,000. At that price, the median home is worth 6 Bitcoins
The data is a bit skewed, using Bitcoin's annual lows in the early years to slightly exaggerate the number of Bitcoins per household, but the data is accurate.
If you invested a few dollars in Bitcoin in 2012, you could now afford a house that costs over $450,000
