Statistics
Source-based figures about american cars & garage life, with dates, definitions and links.
U.S. light-duty aftermarket sales reached $413.7 billion in 2024, while forecasts point to continued growth. See what the available figures show about market size, channels, online sales, and consumer vehicle costs.
BLS data show payroll employment across motor vehicle dealers and parts retailers, plus selected occupation counts and 2025 median wages.
A data-led look at automotive service technicians and mechanics, with employment estimates, leading industries, pay, projected openings, age distribution, and workforce demographics.
Explore how many U.S. workers drive alone or use a private vehicle, how commute patterns shifted, and what surveys report about trip length, time and travel-day modes.
BLS household spending categories do not isolate maintenance, but price indexes and a 2025 vehicle-owner survey help show how repair costs, service visits and provider choices are changing.
U.S. car wash employer firms reported $18.2 billion in 2024 revenue. Survey and field-study findings add context on employee earnings, customer experience, memberships, and water use, while showing why the figures should not be treated as one uniform industry measure.
National housing survey results show how garage or carport access varies across survey years and occupied-unit groups, while also revealing why counts and percentages must be read within their original scope.
Transportation averaged $13,492 per U.S. consumer unit in 2025. Regional and metro data show how spending, budget shares, and vehicle counts varied in 2023–24.
FHWA’s 2022 National Household Travel Survey reports vehicle availability across U.S. households and describes differences by household vehicle count, metropolitan area size, vehicle type, age, and Census region.
Compare BLS household spending measures with NAIC per-insured-vehicle expenditure and premium figures, with each statistic tied to its original period and denominator.
Explore U.S. passenger car fuel economy statistics across model years, sedans and wagons, car SUVs, manufacturers, hybrids, and electric vehicles.
FHWA and National Household Travel Survey data show how Americans traveled, which vehicles households had, and how much road travel and fuel use were recorded.
The United States produced 10.24 million motor vehicles in 2025, according to OICA. Federal Reserve assembly rates show a different, shorter-term view of autos, trucks, and light trucks through 2026.
A data-led guide to U.S. used-vehicle sales, dealership sourcing, certified pre-owned volume, retail prices and household spending measures.
Explore checked U.S. statistics on light-duty EV electricity use from 2018 to July 2026, state-level consumption estimates for 2024, charging infrastructure and model-year fuel economy.
Explore U.S. vehicle theft estimates alongside FBI-reported regional, monthly, location, offender, and carjacking figures from 2019 to 2024.
The average age of household vehicles reached 10.32 years in the 2022 NHTS, while age profiles vary by vehicle type and by whether the measure covers households or vehicles in operation.
SEMA’s 2020 estimates and fall survey offer a snapshot of classic vehicles in the United States and how surveyed owners use, maintain, and engage with them.
FHWA reported 97,413,321 U.S. automobile registrations for 2024. See selected historical totals and state counts, with notes on ownership categories and comparability.
Explore FHWA data on national VMT totals, Interstate and functional-class travel, vehicle categories, mileage averages, and VMT per gallon.