Most/least gas-guzzling cities
With gas prices set to soar again, find out which U.S. cities are guzzling the most gas and which are consuming the least.
With the rise in gas prices, it's not necessarily the areas with the highest prices that are hurt the most, but those where people drive the most. With the help of Chicago's Center For Neighborhood Technology, Forbes ranked the 10 metropolitan areas that are feeling the most pain at the pump and the 10 low-mileage cities that are hurt the least.
With the rise in gas prices, it's not necessarily the areas with the highest prices that are hurt the most, but those where people drive the most. With the help of Chicago's Center For Neighborhood Technology, Forbes ranked the 10 metropolitan areas that are feeling the most pain at the pump and the 10 low-mileage cities that are hurt the least.
(Most gas-guzzling) 10. Riverside-San Bernadino, Calif. -- Annual miles driven per household: 19,700, gallons used per household: 969, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,880
9. Washington, D.C. -- Annual miles driven per household: 19,900, gallons per household: 979, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,916
8. Jacksonville, Fla. -- Annual miles driven per household: 20,300, gallons per household: 1,001, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,004
7. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N.J. -- Annual miles driven per household: 20,600, gallons per household: 1,016, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,064
6. Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N.C. -- Annual miles driven per household: 20,700, gallons per household: 1,017, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,068
5. Monmouth-Ocean Counties, N.J. -- Annual miles driven per household: 21,100, gallons per household: 1,040, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,160
4. Nashville, Tenn. -- Annual miles driven per household: 21,200, gallons per household: 1,046, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,184
3. Atlanta -- Annual miles driven per household: 21,300, gallons per household: 1,050, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,200
2. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.-S.C. -- Annual miles driven per household: 21,500, gallons per household: 1,061, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,244
1. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Annual miles driven per household: 21,800, gallons per household: 1,074, fuel expense at $4/gal: $4,296
(Least gas-guzzling) 10. San Jose, Calif. -- Annual miles driven per household: 16,000, gallons per household: 787, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,150
9. Orange County, Calif. -- Annual miles driven per household: 16,000, gallons per household: 787, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,150
8. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y. -- Annual miles driven per household: 16,000, gallons per household: 787, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,150
7. New Orleans -- Annual miles driven per household: 15,800, gallons per household: 778, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,110
6. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Annual miles driven per household: 15,700, gallons per household: 774, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,100
5. San Francisco -- Annual miles driven per household: 15,500, gallons per household: 762, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,050
4. Bergen-Passaic, N.J. -- Annual miles driven per household: 15,200, gallons per household: 750, fuel expense at $4/gal: $3,000
3. Miami -- Annual miles driven per household: 14,100, gallons per household: 694, fuel expense at $4/gal: $2,780
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif. -- Annual miles driven per household: 12,800, gallons per household: 630, fuel expense at $4/gal: $2,520
1. New York -- Annual miles driven per household: 9,800, gallons per household: 480, fuel expense at $4/gal: $1,920
