78.5% (21.5% with no vehicle); avg 1.1 vehicles per household
% of occupied housing units with 1+ vehicles
No current source auditAll sources · source collection
Share of Households by Vehicles Available: 1960-2023 (BTS Figure 2-7)
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 2024
Source notes & limitations
Data compiled by BTS from U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census (1960-2000) and American Community Survey (2010-2023). Table B08201 (Household Size by Vehicles Available). Excel file: F2-7 Share of Household by Vehicle Available.xlsx. Figures verified against the Census Bureau source data. The 1960-2000 data are from the decennial census long form; 2010+ from ACS. The concept is consistent across the span: '% of occupied housing units with N vehicles available.'
Where this source appears
6 records across 6 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
0 of 6 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1960s
US · 1970s
82.5% (17.5% with no vehicle)
% of occupied housing units with 1+ vehicles
No current source auditUS · 1980s
87.1% (12.9% with no vehicle); avg 1.7 vehicles per household
% of occupied housing units with 1+ vehicles
No current source auditUS · 1990s
88.5% (11.5% with no vehicle); avg 1.8 vehicles per household
% of occupied housing units with 1+ vehicles
No current source auditUS · 2000s
89.7% (10.3% with no vehicle); avg 1.9 vehicles per household
% of occupied housing units with 1+ vehicles
No current source auditUS · 2010s
90.9% (9.1% with no vehicle); avg 2.0 vehicles per household
% of occupied housing units with 1+ vehicles
No current source audit