Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile statistics


Item	Unit	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Cost per mile ¹	Cents	20.19	19.57	23.97	27.95	31.92	32.35	33.42	31.32	27.20	29.59	32.64	33.40	38.20	40.96	43.64	45.77	45.14	46.65	48.91	51.43	53.08
Cost per 10,000 miles ¹	Dollars	2,019	1,957	2,397	2,795	3,192	3,235	3,342	3,132	2,720	2,959	3,264	3,341	3,820	4,096	4,364	4,577	4,514	4,665	4,891	5,143	5,308
Variable cost	Cents/mile	5.8	5.65	5.86	7.62	8.17	8.37	8.36	7.86	8.04	6.52	7.20	7.60	7.90	8.40	9.80	9.10	9.30	9.20	10.00	10.10	10.80
Gas and oil	Cents/mile	4.11	3.89	4.11	5.86	6.27	6.74	6.64	6.19	6.16	4.48	4.80	5.20	5.20	5.40	6.70	6.00	6.00	5.60	6.00	5.90	6.60
Maintenance	Cents/mile	1.03	1.10	1.10	1.12	1.18	1.00	1.04	1.04	1.23	1.37	1.60	1.60	1.90	2.10	2.20	2.20	2.40	2.50	2.60	2.80	2.80
Tires	Cents/mile	0.66	0.66	0.65	0.64	0.72	0.63	0.68	0.63	0.65	0.67	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.90	1.10	1.40	1.40	1.40
Fixed cost ¹	Dollars	1,439	(NA)	1,811	(NA)	2,375	(NA)	2,506	(NA)	1,916	(NA)	2,544	(NA)	3,030	(NA)	3,384	3,667	3,584	3,745	3,891	4,133	4,228
Insurance	Dollars	518	424	483	490	510	449	503	505	503	509	535	573	663	675	726	747	724	697	716	782	809
License and registration	Dollars	74	74	90	82	88	54	102	106	115	130	140	139	151	165	169	179	183	204	211	229	220
Depreciation	Dollars	847	894	942	1,038	1,287	1,356	1,343	1,207	1,253	1,320	1,506	1,784	2,094	2,357	2,543	2,780	2,883	2,988	3,099	3,208	3,268
Finance charge	Dollars	(NA)	(NA)	296	423	490	539	558	528	570	637	601	565	626	680	779	832	696	695	729	778	793

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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1048. Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile