Table 5.9. U.S. Average Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Family Income, 1994

 (Thousand Miles per Household)

1993 Household

Characteristics

RSE Column Factor:

Total

1993 Family Income

Below Poverty

Line Eligible

for

Federal

Assistance1

RSE

Row

Factor:

Less

than

$5,000

$5,000

to

$9,999

$10,000

to

$14,999

$15,000

to

$24,999

$25,000

to

$34,999

$35,000

to

$49,999

$50,000

or

More

100

Percent

125

Percent

0.3 2.8 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.2 0.9

Household Characteristics

Total ............................................... 21.1 16.1 12.2 14.3 18.1 21.6 23.6 27.6 14.7 15.3 16.1 5.4

Census Region and Division

 Northeast ...................................... 20.3 19.5 Q 11.9 16.7 21.2 22.3 24.2 15.3 15.6 15.4 11.3

 New England .............................. 20.5 Q Q Q 15.1 26.9 23.9 24.2 Q Q 12.5 14.6

 Middle Atlantic ............................ 20.2 20.7 Q 11.9 17.4 19.5 21.8 24.2 16.4 16.5 16.8 12.1

 Midwest ......................................... 22.2 Q 12.7 16.2 19.3 20.9 24.8 31.1 17.2 17.7 16.8 9.1

 East North Central ...................... 22.2 Q 14.4 15.0 18.5 21.0 23.2 31.8 18.4 18.6 16.9 12.1

 West North Central ..................... 22.2 Q 9.0 18.6 20.9 20.8 28.3 28.3 14.3 16.1 16.5 11.9

 South ............................................ 21.7 12.2 12.3 12.6 18.8 23.1 25.6 29.7 12.1 13.3 15.7 8.4

 South Atlantic .............................. 22.4 11.2 17.2 12.7 20.4 22.3 24.5 30.1 12.6 13.5 17.7 11.0

 East South Central ...................... 22.2 Q Q Q 19.1 24.4 25.7 33.1 15.5 15.9 16.3 20.1

 West South Central ..................... 20.3 Q 8.5 12.5 16.5 23.3 27.5 27.2 9.7 11.5 12.2 15.5

 West .............................................. 19.6 Q 11.8 16.1 16.2 19.7 20.0 25.0 16.8 16.0 16.4 13.6

 Mountain ..................................... 19.6 Q 11.3 16.5 17.6 24.0 19.6 24.4 16.0 15.4 15.1 21.8

 Pacific ......................................... 19.6 Q 12.2 16.0 15.2 18.3 20.1 25.2 17.3 16.4 17.1 18.3

Largest Populated States

 California ....................................... 19.8 Q Q 14.9 16.0 17.4 21.3 24.7 17.8 16.5 16.0 24.6

 Florida ........................................... 20.9 Q Q Q 18.7 21.3 24.0 25.9 Q Q Q 19.7

 New York ...................................... 18.7 Q Q 12.0 14.6 19.9 17.7 23.6 Q 13.5 13.9 20.3

 Texas ............................................ 20.3 Q Q 14.2 16.4 23.7 26.9 24.8 Q 13.0 14.0 19.9

Urban Status

 Urban ............................................ 20.7 17.6 12.7 13.4 17.2 20.4 22.2 27.1 15.0 14.9 15.9 6.6

 Central City ................................. 18.0 16.8 11.1 12.6 16.6 17.7 20.3 23.3 14.7 13.5 14.3 10.9

 Suburban .................................... 22.3 18.3 13.9 14.3 17.6 22.0 23.1 28.8 15.3 16.1 17.3 8.2

 Rural ............................................. 22.5 10.4 11.2 16.5 20.7 24.7 29.3 31.2 14.1 16.0 16.4 9.4

Household Size

 1 Person ....................................... 11.6 10.7 7.9 8.9 12.4 15.1 12.2 14.6 8.8 8.3 8.9 12.5

 2 Persons ...................................... 20.0 15.1 17.3 14.4 17.6 19.2 22.4 24.3 13.9 13.9 14.9 8.7

 3 Persons ...................................... 25.2 17.1 14.7 17.8 22.8 26.6 26.1 29.9 15.4 16.6 18.1 11.2

 4 Persons ...................................... 26.6 Q 12.7 21.1 23.9 25.8 26.8 30.7 17.1 19.3 21.2 11.6

 5 Persons ...................................... 26.3 Q Q 18.3 22.5 25.7 30.4 30.1 20.0 20.5 21.0 13.7

 6 or More Persons ........................ 30.9 Q Q Q 18.1 39.3 30.7 40.5 20.0 20.4 23.7 27.9

Household Composition

 Households with Children ............. 24.8 17.1 13.5 17.3 21.5 26.5 26.2 29.7 16.6 17.7 19.5 7.3

 Age of Oldest Child

 Under 7 Years ........................... 22.4 13.4 Q 17.2 20.7 21.9 22.9 26.6 15.4 16.6 17.7 13.8

 7 to 15 Years ............................ 24.2 Q 12.4 17.5 21.0 27.1 26.6 27.7 16.2 17.6 19.4 8.5

 16 or 17 Years .......................... 29.9 Q 17.1 16.8 24.0 30.4 29.9 40.2 19.5 18.9 22.2 16.5

 Households Without Children ....... 18.9 15.7 11.7 12.8 16.6 18.5 21.6 26.0 12.8 12.8 13.2 6.9

 One Adult .................................... 11.6 10.7 7.9 8.9 12.4 15.1 12.2 14.6 8.8 8.3 8.9 12.5

 Age of Householder

 Under 35 Years ....................... 15.6 Q Q Q 17.4 20.6 14.2 Q Q Q 11.3 34.0

 35 to 59 Years ........................ 12.8 Q 9.8 9.9 12.4 14.3 12.9 16.6 11.1 10.3 10.8 19.0

 60 Years or More .................... 8.6 8.4 7.1 7.5 9.4 11.8 7.3 Q 7.0 7.3 7.5 16.7

 Two or More Adults ..................... 22.4 19.2 18.2 16.1 18.8 20.6 24.5 27.4 16.4 17.0 16.8 8.6

 Age of Householder

 Under 35 Years ....................... 24.4 Q Q 20.8 24.5 24.0 23.3 25.9 Q 19.7 23.2 21.4

 35 to 59 Years ........................ 26.2 Q 13.2 22.7 21.1 23.2 27.2 30.7 15.9 19.0 18.2 13.3

 60 Years or More .................... 17.1 Q 14.0 12.7 15.4 16.7 21.4 20.8 13.7 13.5 13.0 14.6

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5.9. U.S. Average Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Family Income, 1994 (Continued)

 (Thousand Miles per Household)

1993 Household

Characteristics

RSE Column Factor:

Total

1993 Family Income

Below Poverty

Line Eligible

for

Federal

Assistance1

RSE

Row

Factor:

Less

than

$5,000

$5,000

to

$9,999

$10,000

to

$14,999

$15,000

to

$24,999

$25,000

to

$34,999

$35,000

to

$49,999

$50,000

or

More

100

Percent

125

Percent

0.3 2.8 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.2 0.9

Race of Householder

 White ............................................. 21.7 16.2 12.6 14.6 18.6 21.6 24.0 28.0 15.1 16.2 16.9 5.7

 Black ............................................. 17.1 13.8 10.1 11.5 14.9 21.3 20.4 25.8 12.3 11.6 12.8 20.0

 Other ............................................. 17.8 Q Q Q 15.4 Q 18.5 22.2 Q 14.8 14.6 29.9

Hispanic Descent

 Yes ................................................ 19.5 Q Q 18.3 16.7 22.2 21.0 23.6 Q 16.8 17.0 19.8

 No ................................................. 21.3 16.4 12.1 13.8 18.2 21.5 23.8 27.9 14.5 15.1 16.0 5.6

Number of Drivers2 (Fall 1993)

 1 .................................................... 12.3 12.6 9.4 10.4 12.2 15.6 12.9 14.9 11.4 10.8 10.8 9.2

 2 .................................................... 23.2 16.8 20.4 19.1 21.2 23.2 24.3 25.3 17.6 18.6 20.0 6.4

 3 .................................................... 33.1 Q Q 29.0 29.6 29.7 32.5 37.0 28.2 29.4 29.4 17.1

 4 or More ...................................... 43.0 QQQQ 41.1 44.5 47.6 Q 31.0 35.7 25.1

Average Number of Vehicles per

Household During the Year

 Part-Year Vehicle .......................... 5.9 QQQQQQQQQQ 114.6

 Only 1 ........................................... 10.7 11.2 9.1 10.1 10.1 12.6 11.2 11.9 10.7 10.3 10.2 8.3

 Between 1 and 2 ........................... 19.5 Q 16.1 17.6 18.1 20.1 22.8 21.3 16.9 17.6 18.5 18.1

 Only 2 ........................................... 23.2 24.6 19.9 20.7 21.6 24.1 23.5 24.3 22.2 22.7 21.7 6.9

 Between 2 and 3 ........................... 29.1 Q Q Q 28.7 27.9 30.6 29.5 Q 30.0 29.2 10.8

 Only 3 ........................................... 32.6 Q Q 29.0 31.4 33.7 32.7 33.1 30.3 32.6 33.3 11.7

 Between 3 and 4 ........................... 44.3 QQQQQ 38.0 46.7 Q Q Q 13.1

 4 or More ...................................... 50.0 Q Q Q 49.2 53.7 45.3 50.8 Q Q Q 16.8

1 Below 150 percent of poverty line or 60 percent of median State income. 2 Approximately 0.5 percent of the vehicle stock was owned by households that had no drivers as of fall 1993.

Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled.

Notes: • "Households with Children" category includes members under age 18 years old unless the member is the householder or spouse. • To obtain the Relative

Standard Error (RSE) percentage for any table cell, multiply the corresponding column and row factors. • Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. • Data in

this table are for households with vehicles for personal transportation. • See Glossary for definition of terms used in this report.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Form EIA-457 A of the 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey and Forms

EIA-876 A, B, C, and D of the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey.