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What % of your income is devoted to gasoline?

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The Gnomon posted on 04/23/2010

From a Blog.GasBuddy.com article by Patrick DeHaan, quoted and paraphrased.

"Ever feel that you're paying a higher percent of your income towards gasoline than people in other states? You might be right. Using average incomes for each state and using the average gasoline consumption so far this year (131.04 gallons so far in 2010), let's see what states are paying the most and the least of their income towards gasoline."

#01 New Jersey 2.2%
#02 Connecticut 2.25%
#03 Massachusetts 2.32%
#04 TIED, Wyoming and Maryland 2.41%
#05 TIED, Wyoming and Maryland 2.41%
#06 Virginia 2.58%
#07 New York 2.64%
#08 Colorado 2.66%
#09 New Hampshire 2.66%
#10 Minnesota 2.79%
#11 Delaware 2.87%
#12 Rhode Island 2.90%
#13 Illinois 2.92%
#14 Kansas 2.97%
#15 Washington 2.97%
#16 Pennsylvania 2.98%
#17 North Dakota 3.00%
#18 Texas 3.03%
#19 California 3.04%
#20 South Dakota 3.05%
#21 Missouri 3.08%
#22 Nebraska 3.10%
#23 Oklahoma 3.10%
#24 Florida 3.12%
#25 Iowa 3.12%
#26 Nevada 3.12%
#27 Vermont 3.12%
#28 Louisiana 3.14%
#29 Wisconsin 3.19%
#30 Ohio 3.21%
#31 Maine 3.24%
#32 Tennessee 3.29%
#33 Georgia 3.32%
#34 North Carolina 3.35%
#35 Oregon 3.37%
#36 Alabama 3.41%
#37 Indiana 3.41%
#38 Michigan 3.41%
#39 Alaska 3.44%
#40 Montana 3.45%
#41 New Mexico 3.46%
#42 South Carolina 3.46%
#43 Arizona 3.48%
#44 Arkansas 3.48%
#45 Hawaii 3.52%
#46 Kentucky 3.57%
#47 West Virgina 3.69%
#48 Mississippi 3.73%
#49 Idaho 3.74%
#50 Utah 3.82%

Almost forgot to point out that they did not include the District of Columbia. The highest gas prices in Maryland and Virginia are in the National Capital Metropolitan Area surrounding DC. DC has the highest gas prices of them all. In all, the DC area also has among the highest incomes in the country, so the percentage of income devoted toward gasoline might not be that out of line with the averages for MD and VA roughly.

By contrast, here is a GasBuddy heat map of gas prices in the lower 48 from today.

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2010-04-23 09:45 ]

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woofmutt posted on 04/23/2010

What % of your income is devoted to gasoline?

0%. I don't own a car. For long trips with friends I buy gas, but as payment for general running around on the weekends they're glad to just see me do my "Elvis at the stripper pole" dance. It makes everyone so happy.

TG
The Gnomon posted on 04/23/2010

On 2010-04-23 10:16, woofmutt wrote:
What % of your income is devoted to gasoline?

0%. I don't own a car. For long trips with friends I buy gas, but as payment for general running around on the weekends they're glad to just see me do my "Elvis at the stripper pole" dance. It makes everyone so happy.

OK. What % of your income is devoted to rum?

I'm guessing more than 0%. 8)


Poster courtesy of Bohemiann

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MadDogMike posted on 04/23/2010

0%, I'm "that guy"

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Swanky posted on 04/23/2010

Looks like about 4%...

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MadDogMike posted on 04/24/2010

As much as I gripe about the cost of gasoline in California, 2-4% of your income really isn't that much for the freedom that it buys. I think the average person probably spends as much on Starbucks or bottled water or running the beer fridge in the garage.

TG
The Gnomon posted on 04/28/2010

Here's a related study:

It's curious how New York ended up with the lowest per capita consumption, even beating out Hawaii. I believe this was prepared based on 2008 statistics.

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bigtikidude posted on 04/28/2010

I would think that makes sense as lots of people in New York don't have cars and take the subway.

Jeff(btd)

TG
The Gnomon posted on 04/29/2010

That's NYC, but there's more to NY than the Big Apple. Lots of open spaces out in upstate NY. When you look at states that are home to our most populous cities (CA, TX, GA, IL, and NY), IL and NY seem to have urban areas with the magnitude to drastically reduce these states' overall consumption.

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Unga Bunga posted on 04/29/2010

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Pikeys Dog posted on 04/29/2010

You want to try paying UK prices, then you will really know what fuel poverty is...

At current exchange rates it's approx $9 per gallon.

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Haole Jim posted on 09/19/2010

Fortunately, 'only need about 4 gallons per week driving to-fro work.

At about $2.95 a gallon, that's livable.

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