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Table 4-2: Household Transportation-Related Expenditures, 2011

Friday, August 22, 2014
Type Cost
Average Household Income $60,480
Median Household Income $43,447
Private vehicle expenditures $7,778
Vehicle purchases $2,669
Gasoline and motor oil $2,655
Other vehicle expenditures $2,454
Public transportation expenditures $516
Airline fares $342
Mass transit fares $75
Ship fares $36
Taxi fares $22
Intercity train fares $16
Local transportation on out-of-town trips $12
Intercity bus fares $11
School bus $3
Total $8,293

NOTE: Totals may not sum due to rounding

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2011, personal communication, September 2012.