It’s definitely an interesting chart to stare at and see which categories are larger / smaller than you may have thought. These numbers also represent the average for all American households, so these could vary pretty dramatically from one household to the next.

Thanks so much, Mrs. Adventure Rich! It’s fun for me so I would do it even if nobody was viewing the graphs and charts. I’m glad you’re enjoying them 🙂

I had similar thoughts – transportation and food costs are two huge areas where frugality can have a massive benefit.

That was my initial thought as well. It’s only based on yearly spending and it’s also the AVERAGE amount spent by American households. There are plenty of households who have no education costs, which could be dragging down the average.