Garages and carports often have access to electricity for parked vehicles, which eliminates one barrier to electric vehicle adoption. Although two-thirds of all housing units nationwide have a garage or carport, factors such as urban density, weather, and typical age of construction determine the home parking options from region to region. The Pacific region had the highest share of housing units with garages or carports at 80% while the Middle Atlantic region had the lowest percentage at 53%.
Census Region | States |
Pacific | Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington |
Mountain | Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming |
EastNorthCentral | Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin |
WestNorthCentral | Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Missouri |
WestSouthCentral | Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas |
EastSouthCentral | Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee |
SouthAtlantic | Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia |
NewEngland | Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont |
MiddleAtlantic | New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania |
Note: A housing unit is a house, apartment, group of rooms, or single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters but does not include cooperatives or condominiums. More definitions are available here.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Housing Survey, queried October 24, 2022.
