Bread (White Loaf)

The most recent national average price of bread (white loaf) tracked by Basket Index is $1.81 per lb. This figure is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and updated monthly.

Over the past 12 months, the price of bread (white loaf) is 3.3% less than it was a year ago, and it moved 0.9% down from the previous month.

In the time period Basket Index tracks, the historical high was $2.03 per lb in January 2024, and the historical low was $1.35 per lb in January 2020.

A standard Family of 4 spends roughly $15 per month on bread (white loaf) — about 0.5% of their tracked household basket.

Bread (white loaf) price data comes directly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. We publish the source series ID on the Methodology page so every figure can be reproduced from the original government dataset.

A scheduled job pulls the latest observation from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics once per day. Monthly observations are published with a short publication lag from the source. See /item/bread for the most recent figure.