Editorial selection · Lives & Places
New Survey Question Shows 5.5% of U.S. Households Had Electric Vehicles
Selected by Dylan Ratigan.
Article summary
The 2025 American Community Survey measured household electric-vehicle access for the first time. About 7.3 million households, or 5.5%, had an all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.
Adoption is geographically and economically uneven: 6.4% of owner households versus 3.6% of renters had an EV; California reached 13.8%, while several Plains and Southern states were below 2%. Santa Clara County reached 24.1%.