Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

Number of consumer units (in thousands)1................................................... 131,234 120,806 48,469 72,337 10,429 

Consumer unit characteristics: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ $84,352 $86,405 $79,294 $91,170 $60,560 

 SE............................................................................ 1,260.38 1,305.90 2,231.96 1,617.89 4,006.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.49 1.51 2.81 1.77 6.62 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ 74,949 76,411 70,742 80,210 58,012 

 SE............................................................................ 1,197.76 1,250.95 1,732.90 1,833.54 3,593.76 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.60 1.64 2.45 2.29 6.19 

 Age of reference person ............................................................................. 52.2 51.9 50.2 53.0 56.2 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

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

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

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

 Earners .................................................................................................... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 

 Vehicles ................................................................................................... 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.1 2.4 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men .......................................................................................................... 47 47 47 48 43 

 Women ..................................................................................................... 53 53 53 52 57 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner ............................................................................................. 66 65 53 72 80 

 With mortgage ...................................................................................... 39 39 32 44 35 

 Without mortgage ................................................................................. 27 25 21 28 45 

 Renter ...................................................................................................... 34 35 47 28 20 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ....................................................................... 13 14 19 11 5 

 White, Asian, and all other races ............................................................. 87 86 81 89 95 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino .................................................................................... 14 15 18 13 3 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................. 86 85 82 87 97 

 Education of reference person: 

 Elementary (1-8)...................................................................................... 2 2 3 2 5 

 High school (9-12) ................................................................................... 28 27 25 28 40 

 College ..................................................................................................... 69 70 72 69 55 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ......................................................... 90 89 84 93 95 

Average annual expenditures 

 Mean........................................................................ $61,334 $62,366 $57,565 $65,555 $49,271 

 SE............................................................................ 573.03 619.56 1,044.15 776.97 2,976.61 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... .93 .99 1.81 1.19 6.04 

 Food 

 Mean........................................................................ 7,316 7,472 7,080 7,721 5,409 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.9 12.0 12.3 11.8 11.0 

 SE............................................................................ 126.15 136.31 239.29 143.13 428.73 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.72 1.82 3.38 1.85 7.93 

 Food at home 

 Mean........................................................................ 4,942 5,020 4,701 5,222 3,984 

 Share ....................................................................... 8.1 8.0 8.2 8.0 8.1 

 SE............................................................................ 99.87 105.86 198.84 102.30 340.09 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.02 2.11 4.23 1.96 8.54 

 Cereals and bakery products 

 Mean........................................................................ 640 648 593 683 539 

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

 SE............................................................................ 15.82 16.47 28.59 16.84 55.28 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.47 2.54 4.83 2.46 10.26 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Cereals and cereal products 

 Mean........................................................................ 212 214 204 220 191 

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

 SE............................................................................ 5.46 5.79 9.75 6.32 24.41 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.58 2.71 4.78 2.88 12.79 

 Bakery products 

 Mean........................................................................ 428 434 389 463 348 

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

 SE............................................................................ 11.31 11.67 20.80 11.93 34.16 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.64 2.69 5.35 2.58 9.81 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,075 1,097 1,064 1,118 813 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 

 SE............................................................................ 26.77 28.92 47.35 30.24 78.99 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.49 2.64 4.45 2.71 9.72 

 Beef 

 Mean........................................................................ 296 303 297 306 212 

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

 SE............................................................................ 10.79 11.40 18.99 12.08 33.75 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.65 3.76 6.39 3.94 15.91 

 Pork 

 Mean........................................................................ 214 212 195 223 243 

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

 SE............................................................................ 9.78 9.77 11.16 14.88 56.40 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.56 4.61 5.73 6.67 23.20 

 Other meats 

 Mean........................................................................ 142 144 131 152 120 

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

 SE............................................................................ 4.83 4.87 8.95 5.91 18.33 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.40 3.39 6.82 3.90 15.25 

 Poultry 

 Mean........................................................................ 189 197 190 201 98 

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

 SE............................................................................ 7.30 7.71 10.65 10.29 13.45 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.86 3.92 5.61 5.12 13.70 

 Fish and seafood 

 Mean........................................................................ 170 177 184 172 85 

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

 SE............................................................................ 7.72 8.44 14.70 7.87 15.97 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.54 4.77 7.99 4.56 18.82 

 Eggs 

 Mean........................................................................ 64 65 67 63 54 

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

 SE............................................................................ 2.05 2.02 3.64 2.24 11.32 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.22 3.12 5.47 3.53 20.85 

 Dairy products 

 Mean........................................................................ 474 476 436 501 447 

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

 SE............................................................................ 9.49 10.48 19.62 13.22 48.85 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.00 2.20 4.50 2.64 10.92 

 Fresh milk and cream 

 Mean........................................................................ 147 148 137 154 137 

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

 SE............................................................................ 3.70 3.99 7.01 4.76 12.00 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.52 2.70 5.11 3.09 8.78 

 Other dairy products 

 Mean........................................................................ 327 328 299 347 311 

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

 SE............................................................................ 7.33 8.03 14.10 9.95 40.92 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.24 2.45 4.72 2.87 13.18 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 Mean........................................................................ 977 1,000 950 1,033 689 

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

 SE............................................................................ 26.18 27.84 45.56 28.77 89.87 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.68 2.78 4.80 2.79 13.05 

 Fresh fruits 

 Mean........................................................................ 349 359 339 372 222 

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

 SE............................................................................ 9.81 10.62 14.86 13.43 31.70 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.81 2.96 4.39 3.61 14.30 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Fresh vegetables 

 Mean........................................................................ 311 317 308 323 233 

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

 SE............................................................................ 7.66 8.24 13.09 9.11 30.97 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.46 2.60 4.25 2.82 13.31 

 Processed fruits 

 Mean........................................................................ 125 130 123 134 72 

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

 SE............................................................................ 4.52 4.75 8.46 4.96 14.06 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.61 3.67 6.86 3.71 19.44 

 Processed vegetables 

 Mean........................................................................ 192 195 180 204 162 

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

 SE............................................................................ 8.56 9.18 16.88 8.42 20.75 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.46 4.72 9.39 4.13 12.81 

 Other food at home 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,776 1,799 1,658 1,888 1,496 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 

 SE............................................................................ 35.44 37.66 77.62 36.69 102.14 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.00 2.09 4.68 1.94 6.83 

 Sugar and other sweets 

 Mean........................................................................ 166 165 144 178 176 

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

 SE............................................................................ 5.45 5.65 8.60 6.21 24.55 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.29 3.43 5.97 3.48 13.92 

 Fats and oils 

 Mean........................................................................ 133 132 122 139 134 

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

 SE............................................................................ 4.55 4.92 9.51 4.82 16.47 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.43 3.71 7.77 3.47 12.31 

 Miscellaneous foods 

 Mean........................................................................ 973 990 922 1,033 766 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 

 SE............................................................................ 21.05 22.18 44.51 25.62 59.97 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.16 2.24 4.83 2.48 7.83 

 Nonalcoholic beverages 

 Mean........................................................................ 455 460 421 485 388 

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

 SE............................................................................ 9.57 10.19 20.30 10.45 27.35 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.10 2.21 4.82 2.15 7.05 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out-of-town trips 

 Mean........................................................................ 50 51 48 53 32 

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

 SE............................................................................ 2.73 2.99 3.98 3.57 5.97 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.51 5.84 8.23 6.74 18.59 

 Food away from home 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,375 2,452 2,379 2,499 1,425 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.8 2.9 

 SE............................................................................ 63.73 69.30 98.64 76.70 162.50 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.68 2.83 4.15 3.07 11.40 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean........................................................................ 478 499 495 501 222 

 Share ....................................................................... .8 .8 .9 .8 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 20.88 22.72 41.57 26.10 58.68 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.37 4.55 8.39 5.21 26.46 

 Housing 

 Mean........................................................................ 21,409 21,978 21,004 22,620 14,820 

 Share ....................................................................... 34.9 35.2 36.5 34.5 30.1 

 SE............................................................................ 244.84 262.33 347.32 329.66 706.44 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.14 1.19 1.65 1.46 4.77 

 Shelter 

 Mean........................................................................ 12,604 13,092 12,928 13,202 6,944 

 Share ....................................................................... 20.5 21.0 22.5 20.1 14.1 

 SE............................................................................ 140.10 155.75 246.99 207.28 420.08 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.11 1.19 1.91 1.57 6.05 

 Owned dwellings 

 Mean........................................................................ 7,473 7,686 6,188 8,689 5,009 

 Share ....................................................................... 12.2 12.3 10.7 13.3 10.2 

 SE............................................................................ 107.20 114.49 196.87 179.34 413.64 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Owned dwellings 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.43 1.49 3.18 2.06 8.26 

 Mortgage interest and charges 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,962 3,077 2,521 3,450 1,626 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.8 4.9 4.4 5.3 3.3 

 SE............................................................................ 50.84 54.68 121.80 87.21 196.22 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.72 1.78 4.83 2.53 12.07 

 Property taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,353 2,437 1,970 2,751 1,381 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.8 3.9 3.4 4.2 2.8 

 SE............................................................................ 49.04 50.37 58.00 79.73 259.67 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.08 2.07 2.94 2.90 18.81 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other expenses 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,158 2,171 1,698 2,489 2,003 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.5 3.5 2.9 3.8 4.1 

 SE............................................................................ 55.65 60.96 84.44 78.25 161.78 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.58 2.81 4.97 3.14 8.08 

 Rented dwellings 

 Mean........................................................................ 4,408 4,667 6,099 3,708 1,412 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.2 7.5 10.6 5.7 2.9 

 SE............................................................................ 63.34 75.55 182.37 116.00 174.95 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.44 1.62 2.99 3.13 12.39 

 Other lodging 

 Mean........................................................................ 722 740 642 805 523 

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

 SE............................................................................ 40.39 43.34 73.86 52.61 79.55 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.59 5.86 11.51 6.53 15.22 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services 

 Mean........................................................................ 4,158 4,170 3,840 4,391 4,022 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 8.2 

 SE............................................................................ 30.97 33.63 54.75 45.41 131.28 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... .74 .81 1.43 1.03 3.26 

 Natural gas 

 Mean........................................................................ 414 428 430 427 254 

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

 SE............................................................................ 13.59 13.14 13.73 17.71 45.65 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.28 3.07 3.20 4.14 18.01 

 Electricity 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,516 1,500 1,339 1,608 1,702 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.5 3.5 

 SE............................................................................ 21.10 21.84 28.17 26.00 74.41 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.39 1.46 2.10 1.62 4.37 

 Fuel oil and other fuels 

 Mean........................................................................ 105 85 26 125 335 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .1 ( 2 ) .2 .7 

 SE............................................................................ 7.17 5.86 4.02 10.09 72.44 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.82 6.87 15.66 8.05 21.65 

 Telephone services 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,441 1,458 1,365 1,521 1,233 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 

 SE............................................................................ 13.62 13.00 26.11 18.39 72.43 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... .95 .89 1.91 1.21 5.87 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone cards 

 Mean........................................................................ 188 180 149 201 275 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .3 .3 .6 

 SE............................................................................ 5.11 5.15 5.23 6.55 22.83 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.72 2.86 3.52 3.26 8.32 

 Cellular phone service 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,253 1,278 1,216 1,320 959 

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

 SE............................................................................ 12.80 11.10 23.95 18.63 76.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.02 .87 1.97 1.41 7.98 

 Water and other public services 

 Mean........................................................................ 682 698 681 709 499 

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

 SE............................................................................ 14.27 14.17 15.41 21.03 43.72 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.09 2.03 2.26 2.97 8.76 

 Household operations 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,465 1,505 1,419 1,563 998 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.0 

 SE............................................................................ 35.64 34.90 62.50 46.16 117.33 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Household operations 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.43 2.32 4.41 2.95 11.76 

 Personal services 

 Mean........................................................................ 347 365 319 397 130 

 Share ....................................................................... .6 .6 .6 .6 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 22.71 24.99 40.02 36.70 32.76 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.55 6.84 12.56 9.25 25.19 

 Other household expenses 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,118 1,140 1,100 1,167 868 

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

 SE............................................................................ 27.66 25.23 39.71 26.81 134.14 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.47 2.21 3.61 2.30 15.46 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean........................................................................ 837 817 730 872 1,076 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.2 

 SE............................................................................ 31.96 25.91 33.30 34.74 293.08 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.82 3.17 4.56 3.98 27.23 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies 

 Mean........................................................................ 170 171 164 175 160 

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

 SE............................................................................ 8.53 8.48 12.90 9.37 30.94 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.01 4.96 7.84 5.35 19.28 

 Other household products 

 Mean........................................................................ 536 514 459 549 810 

 Share ....................................................................... .9 .8 .8 .8 1.6 

 SE............................................................................ 28.38 21.32 29.33 28.46 286.34 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.29 4.15 6.39 5.19 35.35 

 Postage and stationery 

 Mean........................................................................ 130 132 107 148 106 

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

 SE............................................................................ 7.59 8.56 10.14 12.02 24.00 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.83 6.49 9.50 8.11 22.67 

 Household furnishings and equipment 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,346 2,393 2,087 2,591 1,779 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.6 

 SE............................................................................ 137.92 148.54 79.87 233.53 164.87 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.88 6.21 3.83 9.01 9.27 

 Household textiles 

 Mean........................................................................ 116 118 125 114 87 

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

 SE............................................................................ 11.35 12.03 18.51 15.58 29.37 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 9.78 10.15 14.79 13.63 33.66 

 Furniture 

 Mean........................................................................ 534 542 500 571 441 

 Share ....................................................................... .9 .9 .9 .9 .9 

 SE............................................................................ 17.56 16.81 26.46 23.41 102.87 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.29 3.10 5.30 4.10 23.33 

 Floor coverings 

 Mean........................................................................ 30 30 33 27 34 

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

 SE............................................................................ 3.86 4.08 7.97 3.75 14.94 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 12.91 13.79 24.29 13.70 43.95 

 Major appliances 

 Mean........................................................................ 354 350 304 381 396 

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

 SE............................................................................ 14.31 15.40 21.88 19.62 49.16 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.04 4.40 7.19 5.15 12.40 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares 

 Mean........................................................................ 135 135 122 144 128 

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

 SE............................................................................ 8.60 7.33 11.61 8.95 58.91 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.38 5.41 9.53 6.22 46.00 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,178 1,218 1,004 1,354 693 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.9 2.0 1.7 2.1 1.4 

 SE............................................................................ 131.18 142.14 64.54 231.43 88.30 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 11.14 11.67 6.43 17.09 12.75 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,434 1,486 1,407 1,536 808 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.6 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Apparel and services 

 SE............................................................................ 52.39 58.71 96.16 74.04 124.30 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.65 3.95 6.84 4.82 15.38 

 Men and boys 

 Mean........................................................................ 326 339 362 323 178 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .6 .5 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 23.56 25.32 59.82 18.63 22.35 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.22 7.48 16.53 5.76 12.58 

 Men, 16 and over 

 Mean........................................................................ 240 252 277 235 97 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .5 .4 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 23.52 25.35 60.20 16.21 16.82 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 9.80 10.07 21.70 6.89 17.41 

 Boys, 2 to 15 

 Mean........................................................................ 86 87 85 88 81 

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

 SE............................................................................ 5.07 5.07 7.59 7.82 19.20 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.88 5.84 8.97 8.86 23.68 

 Women and girls 

 Mean........................................................................ 545 562 495 605 333 

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

 SE............................................................................ 27.60 29.96 42.17 41.38 63.03 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.07 5.33 8.53 6.84 18.94 

 Women, 16 and over 

 Mean........................................................................ 456 470 422 501 282 

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

 SE............................................................................ 24.70 26.55 39.30 36.51 53.68 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.42 5.65 9.32 7.29 19.00 

 Girls, 2 to 15 

 Mean........................................................................ 89 92 73 105 50 

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

 SE............................................................................ 8.22 9.08 11.79 12.93 16.52 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 9.24 9.85 16.18 12.37 32.87 

 Children under 2 

 Mean........................................................................ 68 70 76 67 40 

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

 SE............................................................................ 6.06 6.58 9.88 8.39 16.00 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 8.92 9.39 13.04 12.61 39.78 

 Footwear 

 Mean........................................................................ 314 327 290 350 158 

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

 SE............................................................................ 25.76 28.00 36.49 42.51 37.13 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 8.21 8.57 12.57 12.15 23.47 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean........................................................................ 181 188 184 191 99 

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

 SE............................................................................ 10.89 11.41 21.17 15.22 46.67 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.01 6.06 11.49 7.99 47.07 

 Transportation 

 Mean........................................................................ 9,826 9,822 8,623 10,626 9,866 

 Share ....................................................................... 16.0 15.7 15.0 16.2 20.0 

 SE............................................................................ 192.59 189.20 291.06 270.72 872.18 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.96 1.93 3.38 2.55 8.84 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) 

 Mean........................................................................ 4,523 4,519 3,818 4,990 4,568 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.4 7.2 6.6 7.6 9.3 

 SE............................................................................ 178.25 179.63 277.08 255.04 757.11 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.94 3.97 7.26 5.11 16.58 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,089 2,168 1,662 2,508 1,171 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.4 3.5 2.9 3.8 2.4 

 SE............................................................................ 133.72 143.84 185.47 214.32 185.72 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.40 6.63 11.16 8.55 15.87 

 Cars and trucks, used 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,360 2,285 2,141 2,381 3,224 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 6.5 

 SE............................................................................ 148.46 142.65 201.54 162.98 663.73 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.29 6.24 9.41 6.84 20.59 

 Other vehicles 

 Mean........................................................................ 75 66 15 101 174 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Other vehicles 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 ( 2 ) .2 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 27.92 27.73 6.05 45.50 141.70 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 37.43 41.99 41.65 45.23 81.58 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,568 1,540 1,338 1,676 1,893 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.6 3.8 

 SE............................................................................ 18.09 17.38 28.32 19.96 86.38 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.15 1.13 2.12 1.19 4.56 

 Other vehicle expenses 

 Mean........................................................................ 3,471 3,495 3,158 3,721 3,187 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 6.5 

 SE............................................................................ 46.25 49.80 76.11 57.70 254.61 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.33 1.42 2.41 1.55 7.99 

 Vehicle finance charges 

 Mean........................................................................ 258 250 206 280 350 

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

 SE............................................................................ 6.09 6.63 11.30 9.18 30.88 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.36 2.65 5.49 3.28 8.82 

 Maintenance and repairs 

 Mean........................................................................ 879 875 770 945 931 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.9 

 SE............................................................................ 16.93 18.93 22.96 26.26 119.32 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.93 2.16 2.98 2.78 12.81 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other charges 

 Mean........................................................................ 758 787 775 795 431 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 .9 

 SE............................................................................ 26.69 27.83 45.36 36.78 102.59 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.52 3.54 5.85 4.63 23.80 

 Vehicle insurance 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,575 1,583 1,407 1,701 1,475 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 3.0 

 SE............................................................................ 20.18 20.79 31.20 29.77 72.52 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.28 1.31 2.22 1.75 4.92 

 Public and other transportation 

 Mean........................................................................ 263 268 309 241 218 

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

 SE............................................................................ 16.27 15.50 21.71 17.36 117.98 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.18 5.79 7.03 7.21 54.22 

 Healthcare 

 Mean........................................................................ 5,177 5,140 4,475 5,585 5,610 

 Share ....................................................................... 8.4 8.2 7.8 8.5 11.4 

 SE............................................................................ 75.20 84.89 133.70 98.34 397.91 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.45 1.65 2.99 1.76 7.09 

 Health insurance 

 Mean........................................................................ 3,667 3,661 3,207 3,965 3,732 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.0 5.9 5.6 6.0 7.6 

 SE............................................................................ 58.26 65.06 97.67 75.85 113.46 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.59 1.78 3.05 1.91 3.04 

 Medical services 

 Mean........................................................................ 864 851 734 929 1,017 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.1 

 SE............................................................................ 33.20 35.31 50.24 47.22 193.80 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.84 4.15 6.85 5.08 19.05 

 Drugs 

 Mean........................................................................ 476 464 395 510 619 

 Share ....................................................................... .8 .7 .7 .8 1.3 

 SE............................................................................ 20.14 17.63 28.40 23.36 149.59 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.23 3.80 7.19 4.58 24.16 

 Medical supplies 

 Mean........................................................................ 170 164 139 180 241 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .2 .3 .5 

 SE............................................................................ 8.73 8.88 12.02 10.96 39.04 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.14 5.42 8.68 6.08 16.22 

 Entertainment 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,912 2,882 2,609 3,065 3,313 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7 6.7 

 SE............................................................................ 145.17 129.44 175.62 187.93 971.58 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.98 4.49 6.73 6.13 29.32 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Fees and admissions 

 Mean........................................................................ 425 445 456 438 189 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .8 .7 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 20.89 22.59 37.19 27.34 48.58 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.92 5.08 8.15 6.25 25.69 

 Audio and visual equipment and services 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,049 1,055 975 1,109 977 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.0 

 SE............................................................................ 25.34 28.35 52.64 34.23 117.50 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.42 2.69 5.40 3.09 12.03 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean........................................................................ 859 786 754 807 1,763 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 3.6 

 SE............................................................................ 87.73 54.30 137.01 37.64 990.12 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 10.21 6.91 18.18 4.66 56.16 

 Pets 

 Mean........................................................................ 690 617 626 612 1,583 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.1 1.0 1.1 .9 3.2 

 SE............................................................................ 90.72 56.49 138.59 34.62 992.39 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 13.15 9.15 22.13 5.66 62.68 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean........................................................................ 170 169 127 195 180 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .2 .3 .4 

 SE............................................................................ 13.39 12.77 12.85 18.30 63.24 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.89 7.56 10.08 9.37 35.17 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services 

 Mean........................................................................ 579 596 424 711 384 

 Share ....................................................................... .9 1.0 .7 1.1 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 101.44 110.02 57.70 176.13 104.30 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 17.52 18.47 13.60 24.78 27.17 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean........................................................................ 646 667 640 684 400 

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

 SE............................................................................ 16.47 17.35 22.28 25.12 45.04 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.55 2.60 3.48 3.67 11.26 

 Reading 

 Mean........................................................................ 114 116 122 112 91 

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

 SE............................................................................ 8.15 8.79 10.73 11.37 27.47 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.16 7.59 8.81 10.17 30.33 

 Education 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,271 1,346 1,316 1,365 410 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 92.39 99.58 139.57 126.63 97.05 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.27 7.40 10.60 9.27 23.69 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies 

 Mean........................................................................ 315 301 276 318 471 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .5 .5 1.0 

 SE............................................................................ 10.44 10.71 10.98 14.43 22.86 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.32 3.56 3.98 4.54 4.85 

 Miscellaneous 

 Mean........................................................................ 907 911 823 971 857 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.7 

 SE............................................................................ 43.29 43.80 52.18 54.34 169.16 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.77 4.81 6.34 5.60 19.74 

 Cash contributions 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,283 2,325 1,903 2,607 1,795 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.7 3.7 3.3 4.0 3.6 

 SE............................................................................ 175.86 188.57 114.63 298.82 331.86 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.70 8.11 6.02 11.46 18.49 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 Mean........................................................................ 7,246 7,422 6,793 7,844 5,201 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.8 11.9 11.8 12.0 10.6 

 SE............................................................................ 108.92 119.02 213.18 165.37 511.19 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.50 1.60 3.14 2.11 9.83 

 Life and other personal insurance 

 Mean........................................................................ 486 489 426 532 446 

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

 SE............................................................................ 16.21 17.60 28.98 21.35 60.98 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.34 3.60 6.81 4.02 13.68 

 Pensions and Social Security 

 Mean........................................................................ 6,760 6,933 6,368 7,312 4,755 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.2 9.7 

 SE............................................................................ 101.94 112.18 196.58 157.14 485.60 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.51 1.62 3.09 2.15 10.21 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ $84,352 $86,405 $79,294 $91,170 $60,560 

 SE............................................................................ 1,260.38 1,305.90 2,231.96 1,617.89 4,006.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.49 1.51 2.81 1.77 6.62 

 Wages and salaries 

 Mean........................................................................ 65,449 67,562 62,336 71,064 40,968 

 Share ....................................................................... 77.6 78.2 78.6 77.9 67.6 

 SE............................................................................ 999.71 1,043.55 1,654.34 1,409.69 3,048.17 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.53 1.54 2.65 1.98 7.44 

 Self-employment income 

 Mean........................................................................ 5,808 5,917 5,635 6,107 4,537 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.9 6.8 7.1 6.7 7.5 

 SE............................................................................ 438.28 458.85 805.16 470.03 1,473.39 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.55 7.75 14.29 7.70 32.47 

 Social Security, private and government retirement 

 Mean........................................................................ 9,493 9,260 7,601 10,371 12,201 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.3 10.7 9.6 11.4 20.1 

 SE............................................................................ 229.45 263.69 268.96 433.80 680.84 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.42 2.85 3.54 4.18 5.58 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other property income 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,963 2,000 1,847 2,103 1,531 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 

 SE............................................................................ 171.92 180.01 257.11 210.41 491.41 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 8.76 9.00 13.92 10.01 32.10 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, Supplementary 

 Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 

 Mean........................................................................ 458 454 568 378 511 

 Share ....................................................................... .5 .5 .7 .4 .8 

 SE............................................................................ 28.46 29.03 49.22 32.64 111.81 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.21 6.40 8.67 8.64 21.88 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, veterans' benefits, 

 and regular contributions for support 

 Mean........................................................................ 902 921 955 899 680 

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

 SE............................................................................ 71.85 76.98 128.35 72.64 136.98 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.96 8.35 13.45 8.08 20.14 

 Other income 

 Mean........................................................................ 278 291 354 249 132 

 Share ....................................................................... .3 .3 .4 .3 .2 

 SE............................................................................ 26.87 29.35 38.85 39.93 32.12 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 9.65 10.08 10.98 16.03 24.43 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) 

 Mean........................................................................ 9,402 9,994 8,553 10,960 2,547 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.1 11.6 10.8 12.0 4.2 

 SE............................................................................ 740.16 795.11 587.81 1,235.57 568.45 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.87 7.96 6.87 11.27 22.31 

 Federal income taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ 8,812 9,280 7,937 10,181 3,384 

 Share ....................................................................... 10.4 10.7 10.0 11.2 5.6 

 SE............................................................................ 653.61 703.18 474.20 1,101.93 510.24 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.42 7.58 5.97 10.82 15.08 

 Stimulus payment (new UCC Q20202)# 

 Mean........................................................................ -1,911 -1,885 -1,719 -1,995 -2,218 

 Share ....................................................................... -2.3 -2.2 -2.2 -2.2 -3.7 

 SE............................................................................ 40.69 38.90 50.24 49.04 167.79 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1720. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2020 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total Central city Other urban Rural 

 Stimulus payment (new UCC Q20202)# 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... -2.13 -2.06 -2.92 -2.46 -7.57 

 State and local income taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,430 2,534 2,275 2,707 1,226 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.0 

 SE............................................................................ 113.11 121.62 157.67 152.44 167.95 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.66 4.80 6.93 5.63 13.69 

 Other taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ 72 65 60 68 155 

 Share ....................................................................... .1 .1 .1 .1 .3 

 SE............................................................................ 12.03 9.95 11.28 12.50 73.57 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 16.74 15.39 18.81 18.44 47.43 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean........................................................................ 74,949 76,411 70,742 80,210 58,012 

 Share ....................................................................... 88.9 88.4 89.2 88.0 95.8 

 SE............................................................................ 1,197.76 1,250.95 1,732.90 1,833.54 3,593.76 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.60 1.64 2.45 2.29 6.19 

Addenda: 

 Net change in total assets and liabilities 

 Mean........................................................................ $3,584 $3,685 -$131 $6,242 $2,411 

 SE............................................................................ 4,404.92 4,774.03 3,313.98 8,565.95 5,136.33 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 122.91 129.55 -2,532.47 137.23 213.01 

 Net change in total assets 

 Mean........................................................................ 24,635 25,487 18,769 29,988 14,776 

 SE............................................................................ 4,342.48 4,697.48 2,592.37 8,054.42 2,406.89 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 17.63 18.43 13.81 26.86 16.29 

 Net change in total liabilities 

 Mean........................................................................ 21,052 21,802 18,900 23,746 12,365 

 SE............................................................................ 1,361.05 1,379.63 2,997.02 2,089.74 4,273.69 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.47 6.33 15.86 8.80 34.56 

 Other financial information: 

 Other money receipts 

 Mean........................................................................ 2,042 2,167 769 3,104 585 

 SE............................................................................ 1,660.31 1,801.47 234.72 3,013.30 269.99 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 81.32 83.12 30.53 97.06 46.14 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property 

 Mean........................................................................ -2,395 -2,441 -1,993 -2,742 -1,860 

 SE............................................................................ 52.65 53.52 92.41 83.05 279.33 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... -2.20 -2.19 -4.64 -3.03 -15.01 

 Estimated market value of owned home 

 Mean........................................................................ 221,708 227,247 202,154 244,060 157,543 

 SE............................................................................ 4,520.75 4,753.36 8,306.60 6,059.14 16,798.01 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.04 2.09 4.11 2.48 10.66 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home 

 Mean........................................................................ 1,181 1,213 1,032 1,334 815 

 SE............................................................................ 14.08 15.17 28.67 21.03 58.74 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.19 1.25 2.78 1.58 7.21 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands. 

2

 Value is too small to display. 

3

 No data reported. 

# Data collection for this item began in June 2020. Stimulus payments delivered to respondents interviewed in April and May of 2020 were not included in estimation. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2021