Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

Number of consumer units (in thousands)1.................................................... 134,090 108,534 46,272 62,262 25,556 

Consumer unit characteristics:

 Income before taxes

 Mean........................................................................ $94,003 $94,490 $86,867 $100,155 $91,936 

 SE............................................................................ 1,231.08 1,443.52 1,764.48 2,105.63 2,776.64 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.31 1.53 2.03 2.10 3.02 

 Income after taxes

 Mean........................................................................ 83,195 83,242 76,962 87,909 82,995 

 SE............................................................................ 960.32 1,100.42 1,344.87 1,599.33 2,333.74 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.15 1.32 1.75 1.82 2.81 

 Age of reference person ............................................................................. 52.1 51.2 49.1 52.7 56.0 

 Average number in consumer unit:

 People...................................................................................................... 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 

 Children under 18 .................................................................................... .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 

 Adults 65 and older.................................................................................. .4 .4 .3 .4 .6 

 Earners .................................................................................................... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 

 Vehicles ................................................................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.4 

Percent distribution:

 Reference person:

 Men .......................................................................................................... 49 49 47 49 50 

 Women..................................................................................................... 51 51 53 51 50 

 Housing tenure:

 Homeowner.............................................................................................. 65 61 51 68 83 

 With mortgage ...................................................................................... 38 38 31 43 40 

 Without mortgage ................................................................................. 27 23 20 25 43 

 Renter ...................................................................................................... 35 39 49 32 17 

 Race of reference person:

 Black or African-American ....................................................................... 13 15 19 12 5 

 White, Asian, and all other races, not including Black or

 African-American .................................................................................. 87 85 81 88 95 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

 Hispanic or Latino .................................................................................... 15 17 20 15 4 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................. 85 83 80 85 96 

 Education of reference person:

 Elementary (1-8) ...................................................................................... 3 2 3 2 ( 2 ) 

 High school (9-12) ................................................................................... 28 26 27 25 35 

 College..................................................................................................... 69 71 70 72 62 

 Never attended and other........................................................................ ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ......................................................... 89 88 83 91 94 

Average annual expenditures

 Mean........................................................................ $72,967 $73,490 $67,963 $77,609 $70,750 

 SE............................................................................ 902.42 938.90 1,024.86 1,187.11 1,916.85 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.24 1.28 1.51 1.53 2.71 

 Food

 Mean........................................................................ 9,343 9,438 8,846 9,884 8,941 

 Share ....................................................................... 12.8 12.8 13.0 12.7 12.6 

 SE............................................................................ 125.98 165.94 204.98 230.20 263.60 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.35 1.76 2.32 2.33 2.95 

 Food at home

 Mean........................................................................ 5,703 5,691 5,244 6,029 5,755 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.1 

 SE............................................................................ 89.92 110.54 125.19 159.84 189.14 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.58 1.94 2.39 2.65 3.29 

 Cereals and bakery products

 Mean........................................................................ 712 704 628 761 746 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 1.0 .9 1.0 1.1 

 SE............................................................................ 15.30 18.50 20.98 23.05 33.39 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.15 2.63 3.34 3.03 4.47 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Cereals and cereal products

 Mean........................................................................ 215 214 197 227 219 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 6.08 6.90 7.72 8.76 12.90 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.83 3.22 3.91 3.86 5.90 

 Bakery products

 Mean........................................................................ 497 490 431 534 528 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .6 .7 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 11.16 13.70 16.55 16.33 25.93 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.25 2.80 3.84 3.06 4.92 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 Mean........................................................................ 1,216 1,214 1,106 1,295 1,222 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 

 SE............................................................................ 25.95 28.06 38.01 38.55 78.24 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.13 2.31 3.44 2.98 6.40 

 Beef

 Mean........................................................................ 317 308 281 329 356 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 12.70 11.79 15.98 16.96 40.35 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.00 3.82 5.68 5.16 11.34 

 Pork

 Mean........................................................................ 246 238 203 263 284 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 8.85 8.90 10.84 13.82 31.99 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.59 3.75 5.33 5.25 11.25 

 Other meats

 Mean........................................................................ 167 165 149 177 177 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 6.49 6.66 10.28 7.68 15.23 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.87 4.03 6.89 4.33 8.59 

 Poultry

 Mean........................................................................ 215 224 207 237 174 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 5.35 5.67 8.20 8.17 11.79 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.49 2.53 3.96 3.45 6.76 

 Fish and seafood

 Mean........................................................................ 183 191 179 200 ( 2 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 9.84 8.07 11.89 11.84 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.39 4.22 6.66 5.91 ( 2 ) 

 Eggs

 Mean........................................................................ 87 88 87 89 83 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 

 SE............................................................................ 2.16 2.60 4.40 2.85 4.38 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.48 2.96 5.06 3.21 5.29 

 Dairy products

 Mean........................................................................ 532 529 479 567 545 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .7 .7 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 8.17 9.86 11.84 14.47 18.91 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.54 1.86 2.47 2.55 3.47 

 Fresh milk and cream

 Mean........................................................................ 168 167 152 178 174 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 3.50 3.65 4.81 5.17 8.93 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.08 2.19 3.17 2.90 5.12 

 Other dairy products

 Mean........................................................................ 364 362 327 389 370 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 6.64 7.89 9.61 11.65 14.42 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.83 2.18 2.94 3.00 3.89 

 Fruits and vegetables

 Mean........................................................................ 1,099 1,118 1,065 1,158 1,021 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 

 SE............................................................................ 23.03 28.37 42.28 38.11 43.24 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.10 2.54 3.97 3.29 4.24 

 Fresh fruits

 Mean........................................................................ 406 416 400 428 365 

 Share ....................................................................... .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 8.39 10.92 15.72 14.97 18.80 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.06 2.63 3.93 3.50 5.14 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Fresh vegetables

 Mean........................................................................ 352 364 358 369 302 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 8.67 10.97 20.72 15.05 12.59 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.46 3.01 5.79 4.08 4.16 

 Processed fruits

 Mean........................................................................ 144 146 134 155 135 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 4.82 5.36 7.02 6.06 12.03 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.35 3.67 5.22 3.91 8.90 

 Processed vegetables

 Mean........................................................................ 197 192 174 206 218 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 6.62 6.93 9.01 8.47 13.83 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.36 3.61 5.19 4.12 6.35 

 Other food at home

 Mean........................................................................ 2,144 2,126 1,966 2,247 2,222 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 

 SE............................................................................ 32.56 41.48 47.75 62.55 65.36 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.52 1.95 2.43 2.78 2.94 

 Sugar and other sweets

 Mean........................................................................ 197 191 176 203 223 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 5.14 6.02 8.68 8.51 10.24 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.61 3.15 4.94 4.20 4.58 

 Fats and oils

 Mean........................................................................ 157 154 146 160 169 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 4.89 5.12 5.61 7.28 10.90 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.12 3.33 3.84 4.55 6.43 

 Miscellaneous foods

 Mean........................................................................ 1,117 1,116 1,011 1,196 1,121 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 

 SE............................................................................ 19.29 24.83 24.79 40.64 40.00 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.73 2.22 2.45 3.40 3.57 

 Nonalcoholic beverages

 Mean........................................................................ 584 577 544 603 612 

 Share ....................................................................... .8 .8 .8 .8 .9 

 SE............................................................................ 12.30 14.73 20.33 18.22 22.11 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.11 2.55 3.74 3.02 3.61 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town trips

 Mean........................................................................ 89 87 90 86 96 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 

 SE............................................................................ 3.94 3.86 5.28 5.37 11.93 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.42 4.41 5.89 6.25 12.46 

 Food away from home

 Mean........................................................................ 3,639 3,746 3,602 3,855 3,185 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.5 

 SE............................................................................ 77.88 94.27 125.59 114.93 160.61 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.14 2.52 3.49 2.98 5.04 

 Alcoholic beverages

 Mean........................................................................ 583 610 626 598 469 

 Share ....................................................................... .8 .8 .9 .8 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 17.02 19.72 33.78 22.92 32.47 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.92 3.23 5.40 3.83 6.93 

 Housing

 Mean........................................................................ 24,298 25,189 23,860 26,180 20,515 

 Share ....................................................................... 33.3 34.3 35.1 33.7 29.0 

 SE............................................................................ 307.36 345.11 431.55 495.64 516.00 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.26 1.37 1.81 1.89 2.52 

 Shelter

 Mean........................................................................ 14,507 15,444 15,233 15,601 10,527 

 Share ....................................................................... 19.9 21.0 22.4 20.1 14.9 

 SE............................................................................ 247.67 269.54 354.80 385.27 412.45 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.71 1.75 2.33 2.47 3.92 

 Owned dwellings

 Mean........................................................................ 8,230 8,330 6,909 9,386 7,804 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.3 11.3 10.2 12.1 11.0 

 SE............................................................................ 176.09 201.16 293.87 284.41 362.25 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Owned dwellings

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.14 2.41 4.25 3.03 4.64 

 Mortgage interest and charges

 Mean........................................................................ 3,101 3,146 2,590 3,560 2,908 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.2 4.3 3.8 4.6 4.1 

 SE............................................................................ 72.73 84.97 126.09 128.34 157.97 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.35 2.70 4.87 3.61 5.43 

 Property taxes

 Mean........................................................................ 2,570 2,624 2,074 3,033 2,339 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.5 3.6 3.1 3.9 3.3 

 SE............................................................................ 57.72 60.45 87.05 93.93 126.75 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.25 2.30 4.20 3.10 5.42 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other expenses

 Mean........................................................................ 2,559 2,560 2,245 2,794 2,558 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.6 

 SE............................................................................ 89.16 103.12 146.38 142.48 164.56 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.48 4.03 6.52 5.10 6.43 

 Rented dwellings

 Mean........................................................................ 4,990 5,787 7,087 4,821 1,606 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.8 7.9 10.4 6.2 2.3 

 SE............................................................................ 79.41 102.19 180.68 133.91 134.72 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.59 1.77 2.55 2.78 8.39 

 Other lodging

 Mean........................................................................ 1,287 1,327 1,237 1,393 1,117 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 

 SE............................................................................ 55.70 65.91 75.59 79.90 89.59 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.33 4.97 6.11 5.73 8.02 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services

 Mean........................................................................ 4,549 4,467 4,113 4,730 4,899 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.9 

 SE............................................................................ 42.57 41.54 53.58 47.68 89.76 

 RSE.......................................................................... .94 .93 1.30 1.01 1.83 

 Natural gas

 Mean........................................................................ 535 580 545 606 344 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .8 .8 .8 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 15.13 14.26 16.83 19.20 34.70 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.83 2.46 3.09 3.17 10.10 

 Electricity

 Mean........................................................................ 1,683 1,611 1,492 1,699 1,991 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.8 

 SE............................................................................ 23.08 20.33 28.97 23.49 49.48 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.37 1.26 1.94 1.38 2.48 

 Fuel oil and other fuels

 Mean........................................................................ 160 85 37 120 481 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .1 .1 .2 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 14.19 10.32 7.54 14.08 58.70 

 RSE.......................................................................... 8.85 12.17 20.42 11.70 12.19 

 Telephone services

 Mean........................................................................ 1,431 1,424 1,328 1,495 1,464 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.1 

 SE............................................................................ 16.02 17.17 24.28 20.61 26.63 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.12 1.21 1.83 1.38 1.82 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone cards

 Mean........................................................................ 147 136 118 150 194 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 6.30 5.17 6.00 7.06 20.16 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.28 3.80 5.10 4.72 10.42 

 Cellular phone service

 Mean........................................................................ 1,284 1,288 1,210 1,345 1,270 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 

 SE............................................................................ 14.99 15.64 23.32 19.14 30.83 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.17 1.21 1.93 1.42 2.43 

 Water and other public services

 Mean........................................................................ 739 768 711 809 618 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 

 SE............................................................................ 17.00 16.82 19.77 19.51 28.94 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.30 2.19 2.78 2.41 4.68 

 Household operations

 Mean........................................................................ 1,849 1,925 1,642 2,135 1,529 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.2 

 SE............................................................................ 54.87 60.75 82.28 73.39 81.96 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Household operations

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.97 3.16 5.01 3.44 5.36 

 Personal services

 Mean........................................................................ 488 527 394 627 321 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .6 .8 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 34.27 42.37 60.18 50.63 37.70 

 RSE.......................................................................... 7.02 8.03 15.28 8.08 11.74 

 Other household expenses

 Mean........................................................................ 1,361 1,397 1,248 1,508 1,208 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 

 SE............................................................................ 31.35 30.92 39.55 44.30 60.74 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.30 2.21 3.17 2.94 5.03 

 Housekeeping supplies

 Mean........................................................................ 787 751 656 823 938 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 

 SE............................................................................ 18.24 17.82 22.97 30.54 61.57 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.32 2.37 3.50 3.71 6.56 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies

 Mean........................................................................ 170 167 147 183 180 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 4.65 5.22 6.88 8.14 12.64 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.74 3.12 4.69 4.45 7.01 

 Other household products

 Mean........................................................................ 489 460 380 521 611 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .6 .6 .7 .9 

 SE............................................................................ 16.95 15.44 21.58 26.52 54.65 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.47 3.35 5.68 5.09 8.94 

 Postage and stationery

 Mean........................................................................ 128 124 130 119 147 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 8.42 6.68 11.29 8.22 33.90 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.58 5.41 8.68 6.93 23.09 

 Household furnishings and equipment

 Mean........................................................................ 2,606 2,602 2,215 2,891 2,622 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.7 

 SE............................................................................ 71.83 81.74 82.76 124.48 114.46 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.76 3.14 3.74 4.31 4.36 

 Household textiles

 Mean........................................................................ 138 144 125 159 113 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 12.34 14.60 20.42 19.83 21.27 

 RSE.......................................................................... 8.93 10.13 16.38 12.49 18.81 

 Furniture

 Mean........................................................................ 746 758 597 877 697 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 1.0 .9 1.1 1.0 

 SE............................................................................ 54.77 62.08 64.13 96.37 66.74 

 RSE.......................................................................... 7.34 8.19 10.75 10.98 9.58 

 Floor coverings

 Mean........................................................................ 34 32 22 39 ( 2 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) .1 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 3.54 2.75 4.05 3.99 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 10.54 8.68 18.72 10.21 ( 2 ) 

 Major appliances

 Mean........................................................................ 408 395 374 410 463 

 Share ....................................................................... .6 .5 .6 .5 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 17.51 20.88 35.26 19.16 35.78 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.29 5.29 9.43 4.67 7.72 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous housewares

 Mean........................................................................ 142 139 132 145 153 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 4.83 5.33 7.52 9.23 15.59 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.40 3.82 5.71 6.35 10.19 

 Miscellaneous household equipment

 Mean........................................................................ 1,138 1,134 967 1,260 1,154 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 

 SE............................................................................ 40.42 44.36 40.04 70.49 90.35 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.55 3.91 4.14 5.59 7.83 

 Apparel and services

 Mean........................................................................ 1,945 2,008 1,980 2,029 1,678 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Apparel and services

 SE............................................................................ 77.12 93.59 135.87 101.41 169.43 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.97 4.66 6.86 5.00 10.10 

 Men and boys

 Mean........................................................................ 454 488 431 531 310 

 Share ....................................................................... .6 .7 .6 .7 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 22.97 28.03 31.54 40.62 28.11 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.06 5.75 7.32 7.65 9.06 

 Men, 16 and over

 Mean........................................................................ 347 373 358 384 237 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .5 .5 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 18.59 22.03 29.40 28.82 25.83 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.36 5.91 8.22 7.50 10.90 

 Boys, 2 to 15

 Mean........................................................................ 107 115 73 147 73 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .2 .1 .2 .1 

 SE............................................................................ 11.95 14.67 11.51 22.38 18.29 

 RSE.......................................................................... 11.16 12.76 15.76 15.26 24.91 

 Women and girls

 Mean........................................................................ 735 756 759 754 647 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 .9 

 SE............................................................................ 46.49 55.11 115.96 46.20 76.58 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.32 7.29 15.28 6.13 11.83 

 Women, 16 and over

 Mean........................................................................ 644 659 686 639 579 

 Share ....................................................................... .9 .9 1.0 .8 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 44.30 53.16 114.85 42.43 75.49 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.88 8.06 16.74 6.64 13.05 

 Girls, 2 to 15

 Mean........................................................................ 91 97 73 115 69 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 

 SE............................................................................ 9.26 10.42 13.84 13.39 12.80 

 RSE.......................................................................... 10.13 10.76 18.96 11.66 18.67 

 Children under 2

 Mean........................................................................ 74 70 57 80 ( 2 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 .1 .1 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 8.43 11.02 10.85 18.94 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 11.40 15.67 19.06 23.56 ( 2 ) 

 Footwear

 Mean........................................................................ 399 415 427 405 332 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .6 .6 .5 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 25.21 29.39 35.77 36.33 47.69 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.32 7.09 8.38 8.97 14.38 

 Other apparel products and services

 Mean........................................................................ 283 279 306 259 ( 2 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .5 .3 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 25.20 21.90 33.29 27.49 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 8.91 7.85 10.87 10.62 ( 2 ) 

 Transportation

 Mean........................................................................ 12,295 12,078 10,872 12,974 13,217 

 Share ....................................................................... 16.8 16.4 16.0 16.7 18.7 

 SE............................................................................ 241.92 252.44 405.06 294.41 501.46 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.97 2.09 3.73 2.27 3.79 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)

 Mean........................................................................ 4,496 4,381 3,919 4,724 4,984 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.2 6.0 5.8 6.1 7.0 

 SE............................................................................ 218.69 232.18 336.22 295.12 454.96 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.86 5.30 8.58 6.25 9.13 

 Cars and trucks, new

 Mean........................................................................ 2,195 2,100 1,817 2,310 2,601 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.7 

 SE............................................................................ 174.02 199.38 237.38 279.42 386.00 

 RSE.......................................................................... 7.93 9.50 13.07 12.10 14.84 

 Cars and trucks, used

 Mean........................................................................ 2,239 2,230 2,062 2,355 2,276 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 

 SE............................................................................ 145.19 156.67 229.71 191.31 267.59 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.48 7.02 11.14 8.12 11.76 

 Other vehicles

 Mean........................................................................ 62 51 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Other vehicles

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 13.63 12.43 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 22.10 24.40 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil

 Mean........................................................................ 3,120 2,946 2,569 3,227 3,856 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.2 5.5 

 SE............................................................................ 43.06 41.52 65.21 56.32 110.12 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.38 1.41 2.54 1.75 2.86 

 Other vehicle expenses

 Mean........................................................................ 3,834 3,844 3,388 4,183 3,793 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.4 

 SE............................................................................ 61.56 63.44 90.91 75.25 135.97 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.61 1.65 2.68 1.80 3.58 

 Vehicle finance charges

 Mean........................................................................ 295 283 246 311 344 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 8.95 10.47 13.61 12.80 24.54 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.04 3.70 5.53 4.12 7.14 

 Maintenance and repairs

 Mean........................................................................ 1,160 1,143 1,021 1,234 1,232 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 

 SE............................................................................ 33.83 33.87 41.82 42.57 90.27 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.92 2.96 4.10 3.45 7.33 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other charges

 Mean........................................................................ 787 831 693 934 601 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 38.26 41.55 51.56 50.45 60.71 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.86 5.00 7.45 5.40 10.10 

 Vehicle insurance

 Mean........................................................................ 1,592 1,586 1,429 1,704 1,617 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 

 SE............................................................................ 25.72 24.16 31.78 32.90 54.83 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.62 1.52 2.22 1.93 3.39 

 Public and other transportation

 Mean........................................................................ 845 907 997 840 583 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.1 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 35.20 40.01 60.33 47.62 67.13 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.17 4.41 6.05 5.67 11.52 

 Healthcare

 Mean........................................................................ 5,850 5,695 4,813 6,351 6,509 

 Share ....................................................................... 8.0 7.7 7.1 8.2 9.2 

 SE............................................................................ 100.44 130.67 123.38 169.72 207.92 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.72 2.29 2.56 2.67 3.19 

 Health insurance

 Mean........................................................................ 3,843 3,731 3,193 4,131 4,319 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.3 6.1 

 SE............................................................................ 44.97 53.05 82.68 60.44 119.54 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.17 1.42 2.59 1.46 2.77 

 Medical services

 Mean........................................................................ 1,184 1,180 979 1,330 1,197 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.7 

 SE............................................................................ 61.66 75.07 76.59 110.14 130.19 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.21 6.36 7.83 8.28 10.88 

 Drugs

 Mean........................................................................ 615 584 473 666 747 

 Share ....................................................................... .8 .8 .7 .9 1.1 

 SE............................................................................ 58.51 67.08 22.94 112.95 76.36 

 RSE.......................................................................... 9.52 11.49 4.85 16.96 10.23 

 Medical supplies

 Mean........................................................................ 209 200 168 224 246 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 8.77 7.94 11.02 11.35 35.66 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.20 3.97 6.56 5.06 14.49 

 Entertainment

 Mean........................................................................ 3,458 3,284 2,856 3,605 4,196 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.6 5.9 

 SE............................................................................ 109.09 92.02 100.24 132.73 427.81 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.15 2.80 3.51 3.68 10.20 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Fees and admissions

 Mean........................................................................ 833 887 826 933 600 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 37.45 42.24 50.21 52.85 60.05 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.50 4.76 6.08 5.66 10.00 

 Audio and visual equipment and services

 Mean........................................................................ 1,020 1,020 872 1,131 1,020 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 

 SE............................................................................ 20.99 25.86 26.04 41.61 30.45 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.06 2.53 2.99 3.68 2.99 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 Mean........................................................................ 908 843 752 912 1,182 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.7 

 SE............................................................................ 32.84 31.87 49.73 49.87 94.54 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.62 3.78 6.61 5.47 8.00 

 Pets

 Mean........................................................................ 741 672 594 730 1,033 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 .9 .9 .9 1.5 

 SE............................................................................ 31.12 28.78 44.85 42.16 94.90 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.20 4.28 7.55 5.77 9.19 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment

 Mean........................................................................ 167 171 158 181 149 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 14.45 14.37 17.22 20.57 25.15 

 RSE.......................................................................... 8.65 8.39 10.89 11.35 16.83 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services

 Mean........................................................................ 698 534 405 629 ( 2 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 .7 .6 .8 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 79.49 47.40 42.35 79.29 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 11.40 8.88 10.45 12.61 ( 2 ) 

 Personal care products and services

 Mean........................................................................ 866 903 849 944 709 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 

 SE............................................................................ 18.16 20.42 32.70 29.22 41.39 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.10 2.26 3.85 3.10 5.84 

 Reading

 Mean........................................................................ 117 123 136 114 88 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 

 SE............................................................................ 7.85 8.48 14.14 8.17 13.57 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.72 6.87 10.37 7.19 15.41 

 Education

 Mean........................................................................ 1,335 1,425 1,362 1,472 955 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.3 

 SE............................................................................ 72.10 81.98 168.98 117.37 144.58 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.40 5.75 12.40 7.97 15.14 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies

 Mean........................................................................ 371 342 363 326 497 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .5 .4 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 20.33 21.56 29.00 26.84 39.75 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.47 6.31 7.99 8.23 8.00 

 Miscellaneous

 Mean........................................................................ 1,009 1,001 948 1,039 1,042 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 

 SE............................................................................ 37.14 39.19 55.07 54.72 107.18 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.68 3.92 5.81 5.26 10.28 

 Cash contributions

 Mean........................................................................ 2,755 2,549 2,308 2,728 ( 2 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.5 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 368.44 377.60 330.70 517.89 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 13.38 14.81 14.33 18.98 ( 2 ) 

 Personal insurance and pensions

 Mean........................................................................ 8,742 8,844 8,143 9,365 8,308 

 Share ....................................................................... 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.1 11.7 

 SE............................................................................ 169.70 194.44 269.67 249.57 347.74 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Personal insurance and pensions

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.94 2.20 3.31 2.66 4.19 

 Life and other personal insurance

 Mean........................................................................ 519 525 468 567 494 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 28.48 32.98 53.66 37.88 43.36 

 RSE.......................................................................... 5.49 6.28 11.45 6.68 8.79 

 Pensions and Social Security

 Mean........................................................................ 8,223 8,319 7,675 8,798 7,815 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.0 

 SE............................................................................ 157.21 180.35 249.76 236.04 326.45 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.91 2.17 3.25 2.68 4.18 

Sources of income and personal taxes:

 Income before taxes

 Mean........................................................................ $94,003 $94,490 $86,867 $100,155 $91,936 

 SE............................................................................ 1,231.08 1,443.52 1,764.48 2,105.63 2,776.64 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.31 1.53 2.03 2.10 3.02 

 Wages and salaries

 Mean........................................................................ 73,220 74,961 69,688 78,880 65,826 

 Share ....................................................................... 77.9 79.3 80.2 78.8 71.6 

 SE............................................................................ 1,028.62 1,277.35 1,651.94 1,924.54 2,486.48 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.40 1.70 2.37 2.44 3.78 

 Self-employment income

 Mean........................................................................ 6,442 6,158 5,483 6,659 7,647 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.6 8.3 

 SE............................................................................ 399.58 383.16 425.44 535.24 1,040.80 

 RSE.......................................................................... 6.20 6.22 7.76 8.04 13.61 

 Social Security, private and government retirement

 Mean........................................................................ 10,412 9,537 7,965 10,704 14,132 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.1 10.1 9.2 10.7 15.4 

 SE............................................................................ 177.81 218.68 308.72 378.09 637.11 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.71 2.29 3.88 3.53 4.51 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, and other property income

 Mean........................................................................ 2,294 2,155 1,888 2,354 2,884 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.1 

 SE............................................................................ 175.53 203.94 227.73 267.67 425.88 

 RSE.......................................................................... 7.65 9.46 12.06 11.37 14.77 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, Supplementary

 Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

 Mean........................................................................ 621 647 723 591 511 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .8 .6 .6 

 SE............................................................................ 29.96 36.60 46.40 60.34 60.01 

 RSE.......................................................................... 4.82 5.66 6.42 10.21 11.74 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, veterans' benefits,

 and regular contributions for support

 Mean........................................................................ 668 680 631 716 619 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .7 .7 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 52.36 61.01 104.11 70.91 102.15 

 RSE.......................................................................... 7.84 8.98 16.51 9.91 16.51 

 Other income

 Mean........................................................................ 346 353 489 ( 2 ) 317 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .6 ( 2 ) .3 

 SE............................................................................ 42.08 50.87 71.82 ( 2 ) 73.35 

 RSE.......................................................................... 12.16 14.42 14.68 ( 2 ) 23.10 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values)

 Mean........................................................................ 10,809 11,248 9,905 12,247 8,942 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.5 11.9 11.4 12.2 9.7 

 SE............................................................................ 329.26 414.79 520.17 627.54 627.39 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.05 3.69 5.25 5.12 7.02 

 Federal income taxes

 Mean........................................................................ 7,968 8,334 7,319 9,088 6,414 

 Share ....................................................................... 8.5 8.8 8.4 9.1 7.0 

 SE............................................................................ 283.92 344.20 413.88 522.10 580.90 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.56 4.13 5.66 5.74 9.06 

 Stimulus payment (through Q20221)

 Mean........................................................................ ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 Share ....................................................................... ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 SE............................................................................ ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and relative standard errors, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, 

2022 — Continued

Urban

Item

All

consumer

units

Total urban

Urban

principal

city

Other urban Rural

 Stimulus payment (through Q20221)

 RSE.......................................................................... ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 

 State and local income taxes

 Mean........................................................................ 2,757 2,835 2,536 3,056 2,429 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.6 

 SE............................................................................ 98.69 111.70 149.19 141.16 133.66 

 RSE.......................................................................... 3.58 3.94 5.88 4.62 5.50 

 Other taxes

 Mean........................................................................ 84 80 50 102 99 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 

 SE............................................................................ 12.06 12.73 8.62 20.10 15.78 

 RSE.......................................................................... 14.42 15.92 17.19 19.67 15.90 

 Income after taxes

 Mean........................................................................ 83,195 83,242 76,962 87,909 82,995 

 Share ....................................................................... 88.5 88.1 88.6 87.8 90.3 

 SE............................................................................ 960.32 1,100.42 1,344.87 1,599.33 2,333.74 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.15 1.32 1.75 1.82 2.81 

Addenda:

 Net change in total assets and liabilities

 Mean........................................................................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Net change in total assets

 Mean........................................................................ 13,078 16,090 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 2,895.88 3,225.55 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 22.14 20.05 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Net change in total liabilities

 Mean........................................................................ 14,525 16,074 12,670 18,604 ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ 1,477.14 1,807.68 2,270.70 2,738.76 ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... 10.17 11.25 17.92 14.72 ( 2 ) 

 Other financial information:

 Other money receipts

 Mean........................................................................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 SE............................................................................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 RSE.......................................................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property

 Mean........................................................................ -2,843 -2,821 -2,388 -3,142 -2,936 

 SE............................................................................ 75.11 83.52 155.93 120.89 240.51 

 RSE.......................................................................... -2.64 -2.96 -6.53 -3.85 -8.19 

 Estimated market value of owned home

 Mean........................................................................ 279,189 271,958 230,685 302,632 309,896 

 SE............................................................................ 6,184.13 6,806.28 10,273.72 9,387.63 13,443.59 

 RSE.......................................................................... 2.22 2.50 4.45 3.10 4.34 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home

 Mean........................................................................ 1,401 1,374 1,137 1,550 1,519 

 SE............................................................................ 16.87 19.52 34.59 26.75 51.65 

 RSE.......................................................................... 1.20 1.42 3.04 1.73 3.40 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands.

2

 Data are suppressed due to the Relative Standard Error (RSE) being equal to or greater than 25 percent. See www.bls.gov/cex/tables-getting-started-guide.htm for more information.

3

 Value is too small to display.

4

 No data reported.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2023