Industry · NAICS 484

Truck transportation

The United States has 170,286 employer establishments in truck transportation (5.1 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,693,228 people at an average annual pay of $61,111, plus 900,931 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
170,286
900,931 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
5.1
Paid employees
1,693,228
Average annual pay
$61,111

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Truck transportation by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Ithaca, NY104,4531010,44510.19×57$59,38638
2Urban Honolulu, HI989,6981347,3861.40.27×2,344$57,517180
3Boulder, CO327,945457,2881.40.27×405$45,933179
4Santa Fe, NM156,379236,7991.50.29×121$50,521134
5Lexington Park, MD209,995316,7741.50.29×180$54,250168
6Torrington, CT113,508186,3061.60.31×85$52,58894
7Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI176,299286,2961.60.31×302$59,626117
8Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT280,776475,9741.70.33×492$54,884150
9Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA263,322455,8521.70.34×174$60,644115
10Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT962,3511755,4991.80.36×1,790$73,2311,084
11Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA277,358515,4381.80.36×309$54,48286
12Pittsfield, MA129,026245,3761.90.37×100$56,10064
13Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889305,06320.39×443$61,483173
14Tallahassee, FL394,551785,05820.39×617$43,733567
15San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA282,225565,04020.39×438$54,146107
16Lawton, OK127,338264,89820.40×258$52,996116
17Truckee-Grass Valley, CA102,060214,8602.10.41×76$58,25059
18Kahului-Wailuku, HI164,104344,8272.10.41×316$63,90564
19Johnson City, TN213,324454,7412.10.42×364$48,484237
20Tucson, AZ1,065,2392264,7132.10.42×2,397$53,1841,191
21Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC106,915234,6482.20.43×293$54,39999
22Lawrence, KS120,727264,6432.20.43×130$54,05469
23Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL306,296664,6412.20.43×489$37,975328
24Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ371,220804,6402.20.43×523$51,329407
25Waterbury-Shelton, CT457,3841014,5292.20.44×703$79,067642

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $219.8M on contracts under NAICS 484 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (1,405 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$18.8M8.5%
    26 awards
  2. Jacksonville, FL$18.1M8.3%
    16 awards
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$16.9M7.7%
    119 awards
  4. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$14M6.4%
    18 awards
  5. Oklahoma City, OK$11.8M5.4%
    16 awards
  6. Carlsbad-Artesia, NM$9.8M4.5%
    3 awards
  7. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$6.9M3.1%
    6 awards
  8. Key West-Key Largo, FL$4M1.8%
    1 award
  9. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$3.4M1.6%
    24 awards
  10. Killeen-Temple, TX$2.7M1.2%
    7 awards

Counties

  1. Cook County, IL$18.8M8.5%
    24 awards
  2. Duval County, FL$18M8.2%
    13 awards
  3. District of Columbia, DC$12.1M5.5%
    67 awards
  4. Oklahoma County, OK$11.8M5.4%
    16 awards
  5. Fulton County, GA$11.4M5.2%
    7 awards
  6. Eddy County, NM$9.8M4.5%
    3 awards
  7. Maricopa County, AZ$6.9M3.1%
    6 awards
  8. Monroe County, FL$4M1.8%
    1 award
  9. Baltimore County, MD$3M1.4%
    3 awards
  10. Bell County, TX$2.7M1.2%
    7 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Chicago city, IL$18.8M8.5%
    24 awards
  2. Jacksonville city, FL$18M8.2%
    13 awards
  3. Washington city, DC$12.1M5.5%
    67 awards
  4. Midwest City city, OK$7.9M3.6%
    1 award
  5. Phoenix city, AZ$6.9M3.1%
    6 awards
  6. Sandy Springs city, GA$6.4M2.9%
    2 awards
  7. Atlanta city, GA$4.8M2.2%
    6 awards
  8. Oklahoma City city, OK$3.9M1.8%
    16 awards
  9. Kennewick city, WA$1.8M0.8%
    2 awards
  10. Arbutus CDP, MD$1.7M0.8%
    3 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)