In 2020, people in the United States spent an average of almost 263.5 U.S. dollars on public transportation, a decrease from the 780.6 U.S. dollars spent in the previous year. Public transportation spending includes airline fares, intercity and intracity fares, and taxi fares.
Average annual expenditure on public transit per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)*
* A consumer unit consists of any of the following: (1) All members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their incomes to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by spending behavior with regard to the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, the respondent must provide at least two of the three major expenditure categories, either entirely or in part.
Data are diary-based. Figures prior to 2019 have been taken from previous publications.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 3, 2021). Average annual expenditure on public transit per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052653/us-consumer-spending-public-transportation/
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Average annual expenditure on public transit per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052653/us-consumer-spending-public-transportation/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average Annual Expenditure on Public Transit per Consumer Unit in The United States from 2007 to 2020 (in U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052653/us-consumer-spending-public-transportation/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average annual expenditure on public transit per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052653/us-consumer-spending-public-transportation/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Average annual expenditure on public transit per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)* [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 3, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1052653/us-consumer-spending-public-transportation/
