Table 61. Housing tenure and type of area: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Housing tenure Type of area

Homeowner

Renter

Urban

Rural

Total

Homeowner

with

mortgage

Homeowner

without

mortgage

Total Central

City

Other

Urban

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ............. 122,287 79,353 49,120 30,233 42,934 112,203 35,763 76,440 10,084 

Percent distribution of consumer units ................... 100.0 64.9 40.2 24.7 35.1 91.8 29.2 62.5 8.2 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values):

Income before taxes ........................................... $63,685 $76,634 $89,156 $56,289 $39,751 $64,986 $56,256 $69,070 $49,207 

Income after taxes .............................................. 61,673 73,883 85,962 54,257 39,107 62,902 54,520 66,823 48,003

Age of reference person ...................................... 49.7 54.1 48.3 63.5 41.6 49.3 46.9 50.5 53.9 

Average number in consumer unit:

Persons .............................................................. 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 

Children under 18 .............................................. .6 .6 .8 .3 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 

Persons 65 and older ......................................... .3 .4 .2 .8 .1 .3 .3 .3 .4 

Earners .............................................................. 1.3 1.3 1.6 .9 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 

Vehicles ............................................................. 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.2 1.8 1.5 2.0 2.4 

Percent distribution:

Sex of reference person:

Male ................................................................... 47 47 50 44 45 47 46 47 44 

Female ............................................................... 53 53 50 56 55 53 54 53 56 

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ........................................................ 65 100 100 100 n.a. 63 48 70 83 

With mortgage .................................................. 40 62 100 n.a. n.a. 40 31 44 41 

Without mortgage ............................................. 25 38 n.a. 100 n.a. 23 17 26 42 

Renter ................................................................ 35 n.a. n.a. n.a. 100 37 52 30 17 

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American ................................. 12 9 9 7 19 13 19 10 7 

White, Asian, and all other races ....................... 88 91 91 93 81 87 81 90 93 

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person:

Hispanic or Latino .............................................. 12 9 10 7 19 13 19 11 4 

Not Hispanic or Latino ........................................ 88 91 90 93 81 87 81 89 96 

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) ................................................ 5 4 2 6 6 4 6 4 8 

High school (9-12) .............................................. 34 31 27 39 38 33 32 33 43 

College ............................................................... 62 65 71 55 56 63 62 63 49 

Never attended and other .................................. 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 ( )

At least one vehicle owned or leased .................. 88 95 97 92 74 87 79 91 93 

Annual aggregate expenditures ............................. $6,073,536 75.1 53.5 21.6 24.9 93.1 26.5 66.6 6.9 

Food ..................................................................... 787,257 73.0 52.0 21.0 27.0 92.9 27.5 65.4 7.1 

Food at home ..................................................... 467,770 72.6 51.0 21.7 27.4 92.1 26.6 65.5 7.9 

Cereals and bakery products ........................... 64,679 72.7 51.2 21.5 27.3 92.0 25.5 66.5 8.0 

Cereals and cereal products .......................... 21,313 70.8 50.9 19.9 29.2 92.1 26.5 65.6 7.9 

Bakery products ............................................. 43,367 73.7 51.3 22.4 26.3 92.0 25.0 66.9 8.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......................... 101,455 71.9 50.5 21.4 28.1 92.2 27.2 64.9 7.8 

Beef ................................................................ 27,130 73.4 50.3 23.0 26.6 91.8 26.6 65.1 8.2 

Pork ................................................................ 19,738 72.1 50.1 22.1 27.9 91.3 27.1 64.2 8.7 

Other meats ................................................... 14,936 75.0 54.3 20.7 25.0 90.0 24.2 65.7 10.0 

Poultry ............................................................ 18,829 68.6 49.6 19.0 31.4 92.8 28.1 64.7 7.2 

Fish and seafood ........................................... 14,718 71.3 49.5 21.8 28.7 95.2 30.7 64.5 4.8 

Eggs ............................................................... 6,103 69.1 48.4 20.6 30.9 92.9 26.8 66.0 7.1 

Dairy products .................................................. 49,586 73.7 51.0 22.7 26.3 91.4 25.4 66.0 8.6 

Fresh milk and cream .................................... 18,250 71.5 50.5 21.1 28.5 91.1 24.7 66.4 8.9 

Other dairy products ...................................... 31,336 75.0 51.4 23.6 25.0 91.6 25.8 65.7 8.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 61. Housing tenure and type of area: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Housing tenure Type of area

Homeowner

Renter

Urban

Rural

Total

Homeowner

with

mortgage

Homeowner

without

mortgage

Total Central

City

Other

Urban

Fruits and vegetables ....................................... $87,131 72.8 51.0 21.8 27.2 93.3 27.6 65.7 6.7 

Fresh fruits ..................................................... 30,139 74.5 52.4 22.1 25.5 94.2 27.8 66.5 5.8 

Fresh vegetables ........................................... 27,327 72.9 50.8 22.1 27.1 93.4 27.0 66.4 6.6 

Processed fruits ............................................. 14,106 70.9 50.1 20.9 29.1 92.8 28.9 64.0 7.2 

Processed vegetables .................................... 15,560 70.9 49.6 21.3 29.1 91.7 27.1 64.6 8.3 

Other food at home .......................................... 164,919 72.6 51.1 21.5 27.4 91.8 26.5 65.3 8.2 

Sugar and other sweets ................................. 17,598 74.9 51.6 23.3 25.1 91.6 26.5 65.1 8.4 

Fats and oils ................................................... 13,360 72.0 49.2 22.8 28.0 90.9 26.0 64.9 9.1 

Miscellaneous foods ...................................... 84,156 72.6 51.3 21.3 27.4 91.7 26.7 65.0 8.3 

Nonalcoholic beverages ................................. 43,996 70.7 50.5 20.1 29.3 92.0 26.4 65.6 8.0 

Food prepared by consumer unit on

out-of-town trips ........................................... 5,809 82.7 56.3 26.4 17.3 93.7 25.0 68.7 6.3 

Food away from home ....................................... 319,487 73.4 53.4 20.0 26.6 94.0 28.7 65.3 6.0 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................. 55,649 71.2 51.3 19.9 28.8 95.2 33.8 61.4 4.8 

Housing ................................................................ 2,054,287 72.2 53.9 18.3 27.8 94.1 27.9 66.2 5.9 

Shelter ................................................................ 1,201,512 68.1 55.0 13.1 31.9 95.4 29.4 66.0 4.6 

Owned dwellings .............................................. 751,805 99.2 81.7 17.5 .8 94.1 22.7 71.4 5.9 

Mortgage interest and charges ...................... 389,328 99.1 97.8 1.3 .9 94.6 22.8 71.8 5.4 

Property taxes ................................................ 225,560 99.2 66.8 32.4 .8 94.1 21.7 72.4 5.9 

Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other

expenses ...................................................... 136,917 99.6 60.6 39.1 .4 93.0 24.1 68.9 7.0 

Rented dwellings .............................................. 370,466 .9 .6 .3 99.1 97.8 43.7 54.1 2.2 

Other lodging ................................................... 79,240 87.4 56.4 30.9 12.6 95.6 26.2 69.4 4.4 

Utilities, fuels, and public services ..................... 455,734 76.8 50.5 26.4 23.2 91.7 25.6 66.1 8.3 

Natural gas ....................................................... 51,316 80.5 53.9 26.7 19.5 95.8 29.2 66.7 4.2 

Electricity .......................................................... 174,008 76.0 48.9 27.1 24.0 90.4 24.4 66.1 9.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ..................................... 19,178 92.7 52.0 40.8 7.3 77.7 7.4 70.4 22.3 

Telephone services .......................................... 149,977 71.8 49.1 22.7 28.2 92.0 26.9 65.1 8.0 

Water and other public services ....................... 61,254 83.5 55.0 28.5 16.5 95.2 28.5 66.7 4.8 

Household operations ........................................ 137,221 79.0 53.7 25.3 21.0 95.2 27.5 67.7 4.8 

Personal services ............................................. 48,703 77.1 56.2 20.9 22.9 96.6 27.8 68.8 3.4 

Other household expenses .............................. 88,519 80.1 52.3 27.8 19.9 94.4 27.3 67.1 5.6 

Housekeeping supplies ...................................... 74,925 78.8 54.0 24.8 21.2 91.6 23.0 68.6 8.4 

Laundry and cleaning supplies ........................ 17,680 73.1 49.0 24.1 26.9 90.7 25.0 65.7 9.3 

Other household products ................................ 41,389 81.0 56.0 25.0 19.0 91.4 22.0 69.4 8.6 

Postage and stationery .................................... 15,856 79.3 54.3 25.0 20.7 93.2 23.3 69.8 6.8 

Household furnishings and equipment ............... 184,895 79.0 54.7 24.3 21.0 92.3 26.2 66.1 7.7 

Household textiles ............................................ 13,312 74.1 48.5 25.6 25.9 92.3 24.2 68.1 7.7 

Furniture ........................................................... 43,772 77.0 53.3 23.7 23.0 93.9 30.3 63.6 6.1 

Floor coverings ................................................ 2,444 90.7 59.6 31.1 9.3 87.9 25.7 62.2 12.1 

Major appliances .............................................. 23,713 85.2 55.9 29.3 14.8 90.8 24.8 66.0 9.2 

Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares 10,902 77.4 53.3 24.1 22.6 91.9 26.1 65.8 8.1 

Miscellaneous household equipment ............... 90,753 79.0 56.0 23.0 21.0 92.1 25.0 67.2 7.9 

Apparel and services ........................................... 212,172 70.3 50.2 20.1 29.7 94.0 29.6 64.4 6.0 

Men and boys .................................................... 49,239 71.1 52.8 18.3 28.9 94.1 28.3 65.7 5.9 

Men, 16 and over ............................................. 39,518 72.1 52.1 19.9 27.9 94.1 28.9 65.2 5.9 

Boys, 2 to 15 .................................................... 9,721 67.0 55.6 11.5 33.0 94.2 26.1 68.1 5.8 

Women and girls ................................................ 87,921 72.6 49.5 23.1 27.4 93.4 29.1 64.3 6.6 

Women, 16 and over ........................................ 73,594 72.8 47.8 25.0 27.2 93.5 30.3 63.2 6.5 

Girls, 2 to 15 ..................................................... 14,327 71.9 58.4 13.5 28.1 93.0 22.7 70.3 7.0 

Children under 2 ................................................ 8,309 61.2 52.6 8.7 38.8 93.0 28.0 65.0 7.0 

Footwear ............................................................ 39,141 69.3 50.9 18.4 30.7 94.1 28.6 65.5 5.9 

Other apparel products and services ................. 27,561 66.0 46.3 19.6 34.0 96.0 35.7 60.2 4.0 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 61. Housing tenure and type of area: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Housing tenure Type of area

Homeowner

Renter

Urban

Rural

Total

Homeowner

with

mortgage

Homeowner

without

mortgage

Total Central

City

Other

Urban

Transportation ...................................................... $1,013,652 76.4 54.1 22.3 23.6 91.6 24.3 67.2 8.4 

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ........................... 326,330 77.8 56.5 21.3 22.2 91.0 23.6 67.4 9.0 

Cars and trucks, new ....................................... 154,747 84.2 59.8 24.4 15.8 93.1 21.1 71.9 6.9 

Cars and trucks, used ...................................... 163,737 72.1 53.7 18.3 27.9 89.2 25.7 63.5 10.8 

Other vehicles .................................................. 7,846 71.6 50.5 21.1 28.4 87.2 29.1 58.1 212.8 

Gasoline and motor oil ....................................... 324,618 75.1 52.0 23.0 24.9 90.3 22.9 67.4 9.7 

Other vehicle expenses ..................................... 299,599 77.2 54.6 22.6 22.8 92.4 24.1 68.3 7.6 

Vehicle finance charges ................................... 28,444 78.1 63.9 14.2 21.9 90.9 24.8 66.1 9.1 

Maintenance and repairs ................................. 98,390 77.1 54.1 23.0 22.9 92.6 24.9 67.7 7.4 

Vehicle insurance ............................................. 119,847 76.9 52.7 24.3 23.1 91.6 21.7 69.9 8.4 

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other

charges .......................................................... 52,917 77.2 54.7 22.5 22.8 94.6 27.8 66.8 5.4 

Public and other transportation .......................... 63,106 73.0 49.6 23.3 27.0 96.8 36.3 60.5 3.2 

Health care ........................................................... 405,048 82.7 48.9 33.8 17.3 91.5 23.3 68.3 8.5 

Health insurance ................................................ 235,058 82.8 47.9 34.9 17.2 91.7 23.2 68.5 8.3 

Medical services ................................................ 93,870 82.3 51.6 30.7 17.7 92.2 23.6 68.5 7.8 

Drugs ................................................................. 59,747 82.8 49.0 33.8 17.2 89.6 22.8 66.9 10.4 

Medical supplies ................................................ 16,373 82.8 48.3 34.5 17.2 91.7 24.2 67.5 8.3 

Entertainment ....................................................... 314,210 79.1 54.4 24.7 20.9 91.8 24.2 67.5 8.2 

Fees and admissions ......................................... 72,630 82.1 60.4 21.8 17.9 96.0 26.4 69.5 4.0 

Audio and visual equipment and services .......... 119,383 73.0 49.2 23.8 27.0 92.7 26.6 66.2 7.3 

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment 76,944 83.1 56.9 26.2 16.9 88.9 22.6 66.3 11.1 

Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and

services ............................................................ 45,253 83.6 54.6 29.0 16.4 87.4 17.5 69.9 12.6 

Personal care products and services ................... 77,421 74.6 51.9 22.7 25.4 93.6 26.5 67.1 6.4 

Reading ................................................................ 14,113 80.3 48.4 31.9 19.7 93.2 26.2 67.0 6.8 

Education ............................................................. 128,467 68.1 52.9 15.3 31.9 96.7 30.9 65.8 3.3 

Tobacco products and smoking supplies ............. 42,869 60.6 39.8 20.8 39.4 88.1 26.2 61.8 11.9 

Miscellaneous ...................................................... 94,719 77.1 49.3 27.8 22.9 91.6 25.0 66.6 8.4 

Cash contributions ............................................... 210,440 80.6 45.5 35.1 19.4 93.1 25.4 67.7 6.9 

Personal insurance and pensions ........................ 663,231 80.4 61.3 19.0 19.6 93.6 25.7 67.9 6.4 

Life and other personal insurance ...................... 38,780 89.4 65.5 23.9 10.6 86.9 20.5 66.4 13.1 

Pensions and Social Security ............................ 624,451 79.8 61.1 18.7 20.2 94.0 26.0 68.0 6.0 

Sources of income and personal taxes:

Money income before taxes ................................. 7,787,814 78.1 56.2 21.9 21.9 93.6 25.8 67.8 6.4 

Wages and salaries ........................................... 6,090,520 77.9 61.8 16.1 22.1 94.2 26.4 67.8 5.8 

Self-employment income ................................... 399,724 71.1 43.9 27.2 28.9 92.7 21.6 71.1 7.3 

Social Security, private and government

retirement ......................................................... 935,295 86.5 32.9 53.6 13.5 89.7 22.9 66.8 10.3 

Interest, dividends, rental income, other

property income ............................................... 156,669 90.6 41.3 49.3 9.4 95.4 22.0 73.3 4.6 

Unemployment and workers’ compensation,

veterans’ benefits ............................................. 70,822 69.3 51.6 17.6 30.7 92.6 22.3 70.3 7.4 

Public assistance, supplemental security

income, food stamps ........................................ 63,631 32.3 18.0 14.3 67.7 92.7 39.6 53.1 7.3 

Regular contributions for support ....................... 44,545 51.3 33.3 18.0 48.7 97.5 34.8 62.7 2.5 

Other income ..................................................... 26,609 29.2 21.6 7.6 70.8 94.6 36.9 57.7 5.4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 61. Housing tenure and type of area: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer

Expenditure Survey, 2011 — Continued

(Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated)

Item Aggregate

Housing tenure Type of area

Homeowner

Renter

Urban

Rural

Total

Homeowner

with

mortgage

Homeowner

without

mortgage

Total Central

City

Other

Urban

Personal taxes (missing values not imputed) ...... $245,993 88.8 63.8 25.0 11.2 95.1 25.2 69.8 4.9 

Federal income taxes ......................................... 167,583 90.7 66.0 24.7 9.3 96.3 26.7 69.6 3.7 

State and local income taxes ............................. 61,783 81.9 61.7 20.2 18.1 93.2 22.8 70.4 6.8 

Other taxes ........................................................ 16,627 94.5 49.0 45.5 5.5 89.8 19.8 70.0 10.2 

Income after taxes ............................................... 7,541,821 77.7 56.0 21.8 22.3 93.6 25.9 67.7 6.4 

1 Value less than or equal to 0.5. 2 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

n.a. Not applicable.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2012