States where the most households own more than the typical 2 vehicles

debr22pics // Shutterstock If you are one of the millions of Americans who commutes to work every day or otherwise relies on a car to get around, you are among the majority. Most Americans have access to at least one vehicle, and in fact, the average American household owns two. Around 8% of Americans don’t own any vehicles, while two is most common, and 1 in 5 households owns three or more vehicles, according to Census Bureau data. Stacker ranked states which had the largest portion of households that own more than the typical two vehicles using Census Bureau data from 2021, the most recent data available. Whether your household has more than one vehicle depends in part on where you live. For instance, the states where the largest portions of the public own three or more vehicles are what some people call “flyover” states and mountainous regions of the U.S., where other forms of transportation are likely not as easily accessible. Similarly, rural areas tend to have a higher percentage of these many-vehicle-owning households. For this list, Stacker used Census Bureau data on metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas to determine the percentage of eligible households located in urban and rural areas, respectively. Percentages do not add to 100 because some of the population live in areas defined as mixed metropolitan by the Census Bureau. Owning a vehicle is not cheap, so it’s no surprise that households that own three or more vehicles also tend to boast above-average household incomes. Mountainous states lead the U.S. in vehicle ownership by household Stacker Among states with the largest concentration of households with many vehicles, so-called “flyover” states top the list. These central states–which have fewer inhabitants than the East and West Coasts–are called “flyovers” due to the high number of cross-country flights that pass over them. There are likely several factors that led to this, including more limited access to alternative forms of transportation, a larger rural population, and greater average household size. 51. District of Columbia Alan Budman // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 4.04% – Those households’ median income: $210,000 4% urban households have more than 2 vehicles Data not available about how many rural households have more than 2 vehicles 50. New York ND700 // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 14.32% – Those households’ median income: $141,800 13% urban households have more than 2 vehicles 18% rural households have more than 2 vehicles 49. Florida Civdis // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 16.71% – Those households’ median income: $109,100 16% urban households have more than 2 vehicles 21% rural households have more than 2 vehicles 48. Louisiana rSnapshotPhotos // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 17.10% – Those households’ median income: $98,000 16% urban households have more than 2 vehicles 21% rural households have more than 2 vehicles 47. Massachusetts rSnapshotPhotos // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 17.60% – Those households’ median income: $162,000 17% urban households have more than 2 vehicles Data not available about how many rural households have more than 2 vehicles 46. Rhode Island Imagenet // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 18.29% – Those households’ median income: $134,000 18% urban households have more than 2 vehicles Data not available about how many rural households have more than 2 vehicles 45. New Jersey Yauhen_D // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 19.93% – Those households’ median income: $160,000 20% urban households have more than 2 vehicles Data not available about how many rural households have more than 2 vehicles 44. Illinois Bilanol // Shutterstock – Share of households that own more than 2 vehicles: 20.01% – Those households’ median income: $116,000 18% urban households have more than 2 vehicles 25% rural households have more than 2 vehicles 43. Vermont