Table 1721. Type of area: Annual expenditure means, shares, standard errors, and coefficients of variation, Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

Number of consumer units (in thousands)1.................................................... 133,595 109,370 47,445 61,925 24,225 

Consumer unit characteristics: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ $87,432 $87,642 $80,432 $93,165 $86,487 

 SE ............................................................................ 1,243.71 1,272.55 2,089.13 2,129.42 2,834.63 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.42 1.45 2.60 2.29 3.28 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ 78,743 78,651 72,377 83,458 79,160 

 SE ............................................................................ 956.65 969.20 1,537.42 1,623.32 2,273.15 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.21 1.23 2.12 1.95 2.87 

 Age of reference person.............................................................................. 51.8 51.1 49.3 52.5 55.2 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People ...................................................................................................... 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 

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

 Adults 65 and older .................................................................................. .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 

 Earners ..................................................................................................... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 

 Vehicles .................................................................................................... 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.9 2.5 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

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

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

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner .............................................................................................. 65 61 51 68 84 

 With mortgage ...................................................................................... 38 37 30 42 42 

 Without mortgage ................................................................................. 27 24 20 26 42 

 Renter ...................................................................................................... 35 39 49 32 16 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ....................................................................... 13 15 19 12 6 

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

 African-American .................................................................................. 87 85 81 88 94 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino .................................................................................... 15 17 19 15 5 

 Not Hispanic or Latino.............................................................................. 85 83 81 85 95 

 Education of reference person: 

 Elementary (1-8) ...................................................................................... 3 2 3 2 4 

 High school (9-12) .................................................................................... 28 27 27 26 36 

 College ..................................................................................................... 69 71 69 72 60 

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

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ......................................................... 89 88 83 92 95 

Average annual expenditures 

 Mean ........................................................................ $66,928 $66,646 $61,646 $70,472 $68,233 

 SE ............................................................................ 833.79 715.67 1,102.49 1,150.63 2,531.38 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.25 1.07 1.79 1.63 3.71 

 Food 

 Mean ........................................................................ 8,289 8,409 8,057 8,675 7,771 

 Share ....................................................................... 12.4 12.6 13.1 12.3 11.4 

 SE ............................................................................ 131.70 144.10 212.13 184.42 212.39 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.59 1.71 2.63 2.13 2.73 

 Food at home 

 Mean ........................................................................ 5,259 5,311 5,039 5,516 5,036 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.9 8.0 8.2 7.8 7.4 

 SE ............................................................................ 100.65 107.89 156.92 125.28 169.03 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.91 2.03 3.11 2.27 3.36 

 Cereals and bakery products 

 Mean ........................................................................ 672 674 608 724 662 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 

 SE ............................................................................ 15.86 16.20 23.88 18.74 35.93 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.36 2.40 3.92 2.59 5.43 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Cereals and cereal products 

 Mean ........................................................................ 210 212 191 228 202 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.03 6.01 9.37 6.58 11.50 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.87 2.84 4.90 2.89 5.70 

 Bakery products 

 Mean ........................................................................ 462 462 417 497 460 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 11.48 12.19 17.87 14.22 27.52 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.48 2.64 4.28 2.86 5.98 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,115 1,125 1,071 1,166 1,073 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 25.76 26.00 41.72 34.50 52.03 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.31 2.31 3.90 2.96 4.85 

 Beef 

 Mean ........................................................................ 293 289 268 305 308 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 9.18 8.94 13.63 14.01 22.30 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.14 3.09 5.08 4.59 7.24 

 Pork 

 Mean ........................................................................ 223 216 206 225 251 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.30 6.71 11.07 8.80 16.29 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.83 3.10 5.39 3.92 6.50 

 Other meats 

 Mean ........................................................................ 151 149 136 158 159 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.40 5.79 8.16 7.37 14.23 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.25 3.90 6.00 4.65 8.96 

 Poultry 

 Mean ........................................................................ 203 210 199 218 172 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.00 7.54 12.16 9.96 9.90 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.96 3.59 6.11 4.56 5.75 

 Fish and seafood 

 Mean ........................................................................ 178 191 194 188 125 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 5.84 6.65 11.42 8.03 9.17 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.27 3.48 5.88 4.26 7.36 

 Eggs 

 Mean ........................................................................ 68 70 68 71 58 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 1.86 2.08 3.17 2.97 3.94 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.75 2.99 4.68 4.16 6.77 

 Dairy products 

 Mean ........................................................................ 492 495 471 513 479 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 10.70 11.05 16.42 14.14 18.77 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.18 2.23 3.48 2.76 3.92 

 Fresh milk and cream 

 Mean ........................................................................ 157 158 152 163 152 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 3.76 4.07 5.80 5.49 7.37 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.39 2.57 3.82 3.37 4.85 

 Other dairy products 

 Mean ........................................................................ 335 337 319 350 327 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 7.77 8.06 12.36 10.13 13.08 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.32 2.39 3.87 2.90 4.00 

 Fruits and vegetables 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,033 1,060 1,015 1,095 914 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 23.45 25.39 35.63 30.04 33.12 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.27 2.39 3.51 2.74 3.63 

 Fresh fruits 

 Mean ........................................................................ 378 392 382 400 318 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 8.82 9.94 15.36 12.49 16.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.33 2.53 4.02 3.13 5.20 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Fresh vegetables 

 Mean ........................................................................ 328 341 331 348 273 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 8.29 9.54 12.26 11.65 11.06 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.53 2.80 3.70 3.35 4.05 

 Processed fruits 

 Mean ........................................................................ 133 135 127 141 124 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 4.78 4.95 6.24 5.61 7.07 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.61 3.68 4.92 3.99 5.71 

 Processed vegetables 

 Mean ........................................................................ 194 193 175 207 199 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.55 6.98 9.96 8.54 8.38 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.38 3.62 5.71 4.13 4.22 

 Other food at home 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,947 1,956 1,874 2,018 1,909 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.8 

 SE ............................................................................ 38.97 43.11 61.94 50.28 65.70 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.00 2.20 3.30 2.49 3.44 

 Sugar and other sweets 

 Mean ........................................................................ 182 178 166 187 199 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.25 6.87 10.18 7.21 11.84 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.43 3.86 6.14 3.85 5.95 

 Fats and oils 

 Mean ........................................................................ 133 131 125 136 138 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 3.89 4.44 6.86 5.55 8.78 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.93 3.39 5.47 4.09 6.35 

 Miscellaneous foods 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,049 1,061 1,031 1,083 996 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 23.55 24.86 35.87 32.15 47.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.25 2.34 3.48 2.97 4.77 

 Nonalcoholic beverages 

 Mean ........................................................................ 515 516 486 539 509 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 12.13 14.85 22.97 15.65 21.04 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.36 2.88 4.73 2.90 4.14 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town trips 

 Mean ........................................................................ 69 70 66 73 66 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 3.18 3.77 3.96 4.82 4.19 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.58 5.39 6.02 6.58 6.32 

 Food away from home 

 Mean ........................................................................ 3,030 3,098 3,018 3,159 2,735 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.0 

 SE ............................................................................ 64.84 72.42 107.28 93.19 146.07 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.14 2.34 3.55 2.95 5.34 

 Alcoholic beverages 

 Mean ........................................................................ 554 578 587 571 449 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 23.09 27.16 38.65 36.78 39.61 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.17 4.70 6.59 6.44 8.82 

 Housing 

 Mean ........................................................................ 22,624 23,304 21,966 24,329 19,555 

 Share ....................................................................... 33.8 35.0 35.6 34.5 28.7 

 SE ............................................................................ 306.96 307.12 485.33 472.58 676.93 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.36 1.32 2.21 1.94 3.46 

 Shelter 

 Mean ........................................................................ 13,258 14,007 13,305 14,544 9,877 

 Share ....................................................................... 19.8 21.0 21.6 20.6 14.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 217.71 225.75 324.59 377.90 447.85 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.64 1.61 2.44 2.60 4.53 

 Owned dwellings 

 Mean ........................................................................ 7,591 7,582 5,860 8,901 7,633 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.3 11.4 9.5 12.6 11.2 

 SE ............................................................................ 159.67 170.15 220.37 272.95 392.93 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Owned dwellings 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.10 2.24 3.76 3.07 5.15 

 Mortgage interest and charges 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,781 2,759 2,163 3,216 2,878 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.2 4.1 3.5 4.6 4.2 

 SE ............................................................................ 77.89 90.31 86.63 145.53 220.65 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.80 3.27 4.00 4.52 7.67 

 Property taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,475 2,514 1,926 2,965 2,299 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.7 3.8 3.1 4.2 3.4 

 SE ............................................................................ 46.56 47.96 77.66 77.72 116.33 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.88 1.91 4.03 2.62 5.06 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other expenses 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,335 2,308 1,770 2,720 2,456 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.5 3.5 2.9 3.9 3.6 

 SE ............................................................................ 76.76 86.59 117.09 127.76 167.50 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.29 3.75 6.61 4.70 6.82 

 Rented dwellings 

 Mean ........................................................................ 4,684 5,421 6,578 4,535 1,356 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.0 8.1 10.7 6.4 2.0 

 SE ............................................................................ 63.46 69.00 190.70 128.22 98.85 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.35 1.27 2.90 2.83 7.29 

 Other lodging 

 Mean ........................................................................ 983 1,004 867 1,109 887 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 37.39 43.41 64.58 71.96 77.08 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.80 4.32 7.45 6.49 8.69 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 4,223 4,130 3,775 4,403 4,644 

 Share ....................................................................... 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.8 

 SE ............................................................................ 45.01 44.10 54.50 53.58 99.83 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.07 1.07 1.44 1.22 2.15 

 Natural gas 

 Mean ........................................................................ 447 481 449 506 294 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 15.30 13.36 13.61 19.18 33.96 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.42 2.78 3.03 3.79 11.57 

 Electricity 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,551 1,467 1,369 1,543 1,927 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 23.48 22.62 29.39 23.51 49.34 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.51 1.54 2.15 1.52 2.56 

 Fuel oil and other fuels 

 Mean ........................................................................ 122 69 32 98 357 

 Share ....................................................................... .2 .1 .1 .1 .5 

 SE ............................................................................ 10.40 7.52 3.93 11.59 38.38 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 8.55 10.82 12.39 11.77 10.75 

 Telephone services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,409 1,394 1,276 1,484 1,476 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 16.52 17.82 21.54 22.01 34.41 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.17 1.28 1.69 1.48 2.33 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone cards 

 Mean ........................................................................ 165 154 119 180 216 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 4.94 5.31 4.77 8.13 10.40 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.99 3.45 4.00 4.51 4.81 

 Cellular phone service 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,244 1,240 1,157 1,304 1,259 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 16.05 16.62 20.99 21.18 36.71 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.29 1.34 1.81 1.62 2.91 

 Water and other public services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 695 718 649 771 590 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 15.84 14.66 17.17 19.95 31.22 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.28 2.04 2.64 2.59 5.29 

 Household operations 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,638 1,672 1,483 1,817 1,488 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 40.44 44.04 72.14 65.67 106.45 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Household operations 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.47 2.63 4.87 3.61 7.16 

 Personal services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 377 398 327 451 285 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 22.65 26.20 36.85 36.43 41.97 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.00 6.59 11.26 8.07 14.71 

 Other household expenses 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,261 1,274 1,155 1,366 1,202 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 28.60 29.64 47.45 48.60 76.72 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.27 2.33 4.11 3.56 6.38 

 Housekeeping supplies 

 Mean ........................................................................ 803 790 717 845 859 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 26.45 28.30 37.44 38.46 70.57 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.29 3.58 5.22 4.55 8.21 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies 

 Mean ........................................................................ 178 178 185 172 182 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.68 6.29 13.28 8.55 24.29 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.74 3.54 7.16 4.98 13.35 

 Other household products 

 Mean ........................................................................ 514 496 435 543 590 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 23.41 25.32 30.91 35.34 64.03 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.56 5.10 7.11 6.51 10.86 

 Postage and stationery 

 Mean ........................................................................ 111 116 97 131 88 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 5.74 6.97 9.22 8.91 10.21 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.19 6.01 9.55 6.82 11.64 

 Household furnishings and equipment 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,701 2,705 2,685 2,720 2,688 

 Share ....................................................................... 4.0 4.1 4.4 3.9 3.9 

 SE ............................................................................ 88.86 97.84 197.86 101.12 154.00 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.29 3.62 7.37 3.72 5.73 

 Household textiles 

 Mean ........................................................................ 122 130 107 148 85 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 8.59 9.86 11.50 15.66 12.43 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.06 7.58 10.74 10.61 14.66 

 Furniture 

 Mean ........................................................................ 716 713 689 732 726 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 25.13 26.31 44.15 40.75 62.06 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.51 3.69 6.41 5.57 8.55 

 Floor coverings 

 Mean ........................................................................ 33 32 29 35 38 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 3.56 3.57 4.81 4.64 9.39 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 10.71 11.08 16.65 13.33 24.84 

 Major appliances 

 Mean ........................................................................ 464 436 390 471 588 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 19.56 18.77 27.62 26.04 49.12 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.22 4.31 7.09 5.53 8.35 

 Small appliances and miscellaneous housewares 

 Mean ........................................................................ 142 148 152 145 116 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 5.71 6.67 10.47 10.21 10.43 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.02 4.51 6.89 7.03 9.02 

 Miscellaneous household equipment 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,225 1,245 1,319 1,189 1,135 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.7 

 SE ............................................................................ 67.64 77.73 171.86 54.22 104.23 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.52 6.24 13.03 4.56 9.18 

 Apparel and services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,754 1,786 1,813 1,765 1,623 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.4 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Apparel and services 

 SE ............................................................................ 70.81 62.17 96.48 90.49 205.16 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.04 3.48 5.32 5.13 12.64 

 Men and boys 

 Mean ........................................................................ 424 425 439 414 420 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 18.95 19.37 30.11 33.75 68.00 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.47 4.56 6.85 8.16 16.21 

 Men, 16 and over 

 Mean ........................................................................ 310 311 311 311 304 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 16.07 16.07 29.16 25.38 51.06 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.19 5.17 9.36 8.17 16.77 

 Boys, 2 to 15 

 Mean ........................................................................ 114 114 128 103 115 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 10.58 11.84 19.67 14.41 29.13 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 9.27 10.40 15.38 13.96 25.31 

 Women and girls 

 Mean ........................................................................ 659 696 690 701 498 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 .7 

 SE ............................................................................ 32.74 35.97 59.33 47.99 55.00 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.97 5.16 8.60 6.84 11.04 

 Women, 16 and over 

 Mean ........................................................................ 549 587 594 581 385 

 Share ....................................................................... .8 .9 1.0 .8 .6 

 SE ............................................................................ 26.89 31.86 51.37 39.90 36.50 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.90 5.43 8.64 6.87 9.48 

 Girls, 2 to 15 

 Mean ........................................................................ 110 110 95 120 113 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 11.77 12.43 20.14 16.41 36.21 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 10.67 11.34 21.13 13.63 32.00 

 Children under 2 

 Mean ........................................................................ 66 67 63 70 65 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 7.37 8.50 11.62 11.34 17.01 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 11.11 12.77 18.58 16.30 26.01 

 Footwear 

 Mean ........................................................................ 336 349 330 363 280 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 17.38 20.69 30.03 27.44 31.60 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.17 5.93 9.09 7.56 11.29 

 Other apparel products and services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 269 249 291 217 360 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .5 .3 .5 

 SE ............................................................................ 34.61 16.41 32.84 15.82 164.38 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 12.86 6.59 11.30 7.29 45.63 

 Transportation 

 Mean ........................................................................ 10,961 10,362 9,135 11,303 13,665 

 Share ....................................................................... 16.4 15.5 14.8 16.0 20.0 

 SE ............................................................................ 269.00 225.53 375.50 327.94 760.85 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.45 2.18 4.11 2.90 5.57 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay) 

 Mean ........................................................................ 4,828 4,352 3,729 4,830 6,976 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.2 6.5 6.0 6.9 10.2 

 SE ............................................................................ 249.48 203.77 352.18 298.96 701.84 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.17 4.68 9.44 6.19 10.06 

 Cars and trucks, new 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,210 1,994 1,218 2,589 3,187 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.3 3.0 2.0 3.7 4.7 

 SE ............................................................................ 184.47 138.20 165.07 257.00 639.87 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 8.35 6.93 13.56 9.93 20.08 

 Cars and trucks, used 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,555 2,307 2,488 2,169 3,672 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.8 3.5 4.0 3.1 5.4 

 SE ............................................................................ 134.33 133.12 263.05 177.99 376.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.26 5.77 10.57 8.21 10.25 

 Other vehicles 

 Mean ........................................................................ 63 51 24 72 117 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Other vehicles 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 13.37 9.58 8.67 14.35 59.96 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 21.24 18.80 36.08 20.03 51.22 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,148 2,008 1,745 2,210 2,777 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.1 4.1 

 SE ............................................................................ 26.22 26.22 34.85 31.10 77.52 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.22 1.31 2.00 1.41 2.79 

 Other vehicle expenses 

 Mean ........................................................................ 3,534 3,512 3,126 3,808 3,633 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 55.68 58.45 73.53 76.08 114.24 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.58 1.66 2.35 2.00 3.14 

 Vehicle finance charges 

 Mean ........................................................................ 272 257 218 287 337 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 7.57 7.55 11.71 8.08 23.75 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.78 2.93 5.36 2.81 7.05 

 Maintenance and repairs 

 Mean ........................................................................ 975 931 860 986 1,171 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 23.19 21.64 32.55 29.47 62.13 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.38 2.32 3.79 2.99 5.31 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other charges 

 Mean ........................................................................ 760 820 688 921 488 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 .7 

 SE ............................................................................ 37.11 40.24 42.79 53.71 46.77 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.89 4.91 6.22 5.83 9.58 

 Vehicle insurance 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,528 1,503 1,360 1,614 1,637 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 23.73 24.25 32.33 29.01 56.64 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.55 1.61 2.38 1.80 3.46 

 Public and other transportation 

 Mean ........................................................................ 452 490 535 455 280 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 .9 .6 .4 

 SE ............................................................................ 15.92 18.12 32.32 27.59 20.16 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.53 3.70 6.04 6.06 7.21 

 Healthcare 

 Mean ........................................................................ 5,452 5,169 4,473 5,702 6,727 

 Share ....................................................................... 8.1 7.8 7.3 8.1 9.9 

 SE ............................................................................ 82.52 79.23 105.10 102.00 233.14 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.51 1.53 2.35 1.79 3.47 

 Health insurance 

 Mean ........................................................................ 3,704 3,542 3,042 3,925 4,434 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.5 5.3 4.9 5.6 6.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 48.35 52.69 77.65 72.41 88.11 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.31 1.49 2.55 1.84 1.99 

 Medical services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,070 977 858 1,067 1,489 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.2 

 SE ............................................................................ 51.23 43.73 53.92 52.12 203.76 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.79 4.48 6.28 4.88 13.68 

 Drugs 

 Mean ........................................................................ 498 473 424 511 607 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 14.23 16.23 22.97 21.27 31.79 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.86 3.43 5.42 4.16 5.24 

 Medical supplies 

 Mean ........................................................................ 181 177 149 199 197 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 8.51 8.96 8.66 13.45 23.80 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.71 5.06 5.83 6.76 12.09 

 Entertainment 

 Mean ........................................................................ 3,568 3,389 2,952 3,724 4,366 

 Share ....................................................................... 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.3 6.4 

 SE ............................................................................ 138.54 129.40 153.73 225.16 385.01 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.88 3.82 5.21 6.05 8.82 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Fees and admissions 

 Mean ........................................................................ 654 661 609 701 621 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 43.16 27.97 45.11 38.03 172.33 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.60 4.23 7.41 5.42 27.74 

 Audio and visual equipment and services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,020 1,001 922 1,062 1,105 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 18.97 20.24 23.46 28.02 38.99 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.86 2.02 2.54 2.64 3.53 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean ........................................................................ 969 913 806 995 1,213 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.8 

 SE ............................................................................ 55.09 60.40 77.08 71.77 105.87 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.68 6.61 9.57 7.21 8.73 

 Pets 

 Mean ........................................................................ 770 706 628 765 1,052 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 50.79 55.49 65.34 68.13 103.77 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.59 7.86 10.41 8.90 9.87 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 

 Mean ........................................................................ 199 207 178 230 161 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 15.48 19.42 35.48 16.71 20.25 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.79 9.36 19.92 7.27 12.55 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 925 813 615 966 1,426 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.4 2.1 

 SE ............................................................................ 122.57 133.45 107.72 225.51 287.86 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 13.26 16.41 17.53 23.36 20.18 

 Personal care products and services 

 Mean ........................................................................ 771 795 749 830 662 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 18.94 19.41 27.83 30.52 44.55 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.46 2.44 3.71 3.68 6.73 

 Reading 

 Mean ........................................................................ 114 123 119 125 77 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 6.22 7.82 14.10 8.61 9.60 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 5.45 6.38 11.81 6.89 12.48 

 Education 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,226 1,276 1,338 1,228 1,003 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.8 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 74.00 86.69 130.61 106.41 159.22 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.03 6.80 9.76 8.67 15.88 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies 

 Mean ........................................................................ 341 312 296 324 476 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 12.33 13.92 15.48 20.58 31.67 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.61 4.47 5.24 6.35 6.65 

 Miscellaneous 

 Mean ........................................................................ 986 897 851 932 1,389 

 Share ....................................................................... 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 2.0 

 SE ............................................................................ 81.14 40.11 57.72 56.86 376.42 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 8.23 4.47 6.78 6.10 27.11 

 Cash contributions 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,415 2,299 2,082 2,465 2,937 

 Share ....................................................................... 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 163.87 178.32 290.81 199.94 335.82 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.79 7.76 13.97 8.11 11.44 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 Mean ........................................................................ 7,873 7,948 7,229 8,500 7,533 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.8 11.9 11.7 12.1 11.0 

 SE ............................................................................ 138.50 141.05 204.45 235.62 322.92 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Personal insurance and pensions 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.76 1.77 2.83 2.77 4.29 

 Life and other personal insurance 

 Mean ........................................................................ 473 467 403 517 501 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 18.97 20.65 31.61 29.92 35.43 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.01 4.42 7.84 5.79 7.08 

 Pensions and Social Security 

 Mean ........................................................................ 7,400 7,481 6,825 7,983 7,033 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.1 11.2 11.1 11.3 10.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 128.91 132.74 200.48 218.04 304.77 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.74 1.77 2.94 2.73 4.33 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Income before taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ $87,432 $87,642 $80,432 $93,165 $86,487 

 SE ............................................................................ 1,243.71 1,272.55 2,089.13 2,129.42 2,834.63 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.42 1.45 2.60 2.29 3.28 

 Wages and salaries 

 Mean ........................................................................ 67,409 68,697 63,940 72,342 61,591 

 Share ....................................................................... 77.1 78.4 79.5 77.6 71.2 

 SE ............................................................................ 964.08 1,122.65 2,008.84 1,719.35 2,596.41 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.43 1.63 3.14 2.38 4.22 

 Self-employment income 

 Mean ........................................................................ 6,085 5,800 4,923 6,472 7,372 

 Share ....................................................................... 7.0 6.6 6.1 6.9 8.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 424.47 435.94 493.99 603.88 955.99 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.98 7.52 10.03 9.33 12.97 

 Social Security, private and government retirement 

 Mean ........................................................................ 9,632 8,926 7,595 9,945 12,819 

 Share ....................................................................... 11.0 10.2 9.4 10.7 14.8 

 SE ............................................................................ 159.93 204.39 299.52 367.46 561.70 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.66 2.29 3.94 3.69 4.38 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, and other property income 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,279 2,150 1,783 2,432 2,862 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.6 3.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 207.05 213.26 210.78 350.65 535.41 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 9.08 9.92 11.82 14.42 18.71 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, Supplementary 

 Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 

 Mean ........................................................................ 590 609 777 481 505 

 Share ....................................................................... .7 .7 1.0 .5 .6 

 SE ............................................................................ 25.39 32.22 59.66 39.77 62.54 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.30 5.29 7.68 8.27 12.37 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, veterans' benefits, 

 and regular contributions for support 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,101 1,110 1,033 1,169 1,059 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 80.12 78.32 105.76 105.68 165.21 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 7.28 7.05 10.23 9.04 15.61 

 Other income 

 Mean ........................................................................ 336 349 381 325 279 

 Share ....................................................................... .4 .4 .5 .3 .3 

 SE ............................................................................ 34.06 38.73 57.50 52.45 80.67 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 10.12 11.09 15.09 16.15 28.96 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) 

 Mean ........................................................................ 8,689 8,991 8,055 9,708 7,327 

 Share ....................................................................... 9.9 10.3 10.0 10.4 8.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 369.91 404.50 702.28 596.07 748.74 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.26 4.50 8.72 6.14 10.22 

 Federal income taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ 8,561 8,812 8,107 9,352 7,431 

 Share ....................................................................... 9.8 10.1 10.1 10.0 8.6 

 SE ............................................................................ 285.72 312.34 544.55 462.93 493.25 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 3.34 3.54 6.72 4.95 6.64 

 Stimulus payment 

 Mean ........................................................................ -2,542 -2,475 -2,412 -2,524 -2,841 

 Share ....................................................................... -2.9 -2.8 -3.0 -2.7 -3.3 

 SE ............................................................................ 43.52 45.00 72.37 56.04 96.48 

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

Expenditure Surveys, 2021 — Continued 

Urban 

Item 

All 

consumer 

units 

Total urban 

Urban 

principal 

city 

Other urban Rural 

 Stimulus payment 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... -1.71 -1.82 -3.00 -2.22 -3.40 

 State and local income taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ 2,564 2,600 2,323 2,813 2,401 

 Share ....................................................................... 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.8 

 SE ............................................................................ 106.78 113.68 176.64 145.59 149.55 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 4.16 4.37 7.60 5.18 6.23 

 Other taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ 105 54 37 67 336 

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

 SE ............................................................................ 65.45 10.57 8.81 14.56 358.15 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 62.21 19.58 23.88 21.71 106.44 

 Income after taxes 

 Mean ........................................................................ 78,743 78,651 72,377 83,458 79,160 

 Share ....................................................................... 90.1 89.7 90.0 89.6 91.5 

 SE ............................................................................ 956.65 969.20 1,537.42 1,623.32 2,273.15 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.21 1.23 2.12 1.95 2.87 

Addenda: 

 Net change in total assets and liabilities 

 Mean ........................................................................ $16,089 $17,513 $8,233 $24,622 $9,663 

 SE ............................................................................ 3,165.60 3,418.33 3,551.16 5,262.81 6,297.67 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 19.68 19.52 43.13 21.37 65.18 

 Net change in total assets 

 Mean ........................................................................ 39,962 40,811 28,851 49,974 36,128 

 SE ............................................................................ 2,729.57 3,163.37 3,179.68 4,891.99 4,987.63 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.83 7.75 11.02 9.79 13.81 

 Net change in total liabilities 

 Mean ........................................................................ 23,873 23,299 20,618 25,352 26,466 

 SE ............................................................................ 1,479.93 1,679.89 2,590.42 2,126.73 4,174.34 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 6.20 7.21 12.56 8.39 15.77 

 Other financial information: 

 Other money receipts 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,004 1,055 1,228 922 771 

 SE ............................................................................ 241.12 286.93 383.00 419.13 209.96 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 24.03 27.19 31.18 45.44 27.24 

 Mortgage principal paid on owned property 

 Mean ........................................................................ -2,621 -2,588 -2,017 -3,026 -2,766 

 SE ............................................................................ 68.59 75.75 103.68 108.47 145.12 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... -2.62 -2.93 -5.14 -3.58 -5.25 

 Estimated market value of owned home 

 Mean ........................................................................ 253,645 249,537 209,568 280,159 272,193 

 SE ............................................................................ 5,791.95 6,042.24 8,448.95 9,279.28 14,897.84 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 2.28 2.42 4.03 3.31 5.47 

 Estimated monthly rental value of owned home 

 Mean ........................................................................ 1,265 1,246 1,017 1,422 1,352 

 SE ............................................................................ 15.46 17.03 30.05 22.01 45.45 

 CV(%) ...................................................................... 1.22 1.37 2.96 1.55 3.36 

1

 Data are rounded to the nearest thousands. 

2

 Value is too small to display. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2022