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What percentage of American households have exactly one car?

33.3% of American households have exactly one car — about 33 in every 100, or 3 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

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Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “VEHICLES AVAILABLE → Occupied housing units → 1 vehicle available”.
Population
U.S. households
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
33.2% to 33.4%

Work of the U.S. federal government - public domain. See the source data

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