Americans drove 2.9 trillion miles in 2023 and men 34 to 54 led the pack by a wide margin

Americans drove 2.9 trillion miles in 2023, and men aged 34 to 54 led the pack by a wide margin, but is that really that surprising?

The USA is a big country, and even just some states alone are bigger than whole countries in Europe, which means that America is connected by a lot of roads, and on those roads are a lot of drivers.

Someone had to crunch the numbers and see who was hitting the roads more often and where people were driving the most and the results are in.

It turns out that since the COVID-19 lockdown, the number of drivers on the road has been steadily increasing year on year, but by how much?

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Americans drove 2.9 trillion miles in 2023

It is no surprise to anyone that Americans put in a lot of miles behind the wheel of their cars; it makes sense considering how large the USA is and the fact that it can take many hours to simply drive across one state.

It turns out that in 2023, American drivers as a whole drove a whopping 2.9 trillion miles, which averages out to about 14,779 miles per household, which is still a bewilderingly high amount.

Even during lockdown, when people stayed very much at home, each household still managed to average 12,700 miles a year.

Back in 2017, each household averaged 17,800 miles pre-COVID, so it seems as though, year-on-year, American drivers are rebuilding their stats back to pre-COVID levels.

The state that drives the most is Wyoming, with drivers driving more than 50 percent of America as a whole, with New York drivers only covering

Men aged 34 to 54 are leading the pack

When we look more into the intricacies of the data, it looks as though for the people who’ve returned to the office, the average commute is 26.8 minutes, for nine percent of American drivers, the commute is an hour plus.

The results also show that men and women have pretty different driving habits; men have, on average, longer commutes than women, averaging 28.4 minutes to women’s 25.

Men drive in total 20 percent more miles per day than female drivers, with the gap widening to 100 percent more at ages 65 or older.

Is it much of a surprise to say that men between the ages of 34 and 54 are driving the most? They put in 44 percent more miles than the average American.

The 16 to 19 year olds are the group that drive the least, but that’s unsurprising considering people may wait to get their drivers’ permit.

So there you have it, all the driving data you didn’t know you needed, but the main thing to take away is the fact that Americans drove 2.9 trillion miles in one year – mind-blowing stuff.

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