The average household spent $613 last year on professional lawn and landscape maintenance.

The typical household spends more than $2,200 a year on energy bills.

What does the average household really spend their income on?

After all, over most of the last five years, American households have spent more than they earned.

The average household spends about $6 a month on postage.

The average household spent £259 a week last year, an increase of 4.8 per cent since 1990.

Over the last 12 months, households have spent about $115 billion on remodeling.

According to one recent study, the average American household spent $5,477 on gas and automotive expenses last year.

The average household spends over $700 per year on its water and sewer bill.

Obviously, the household cannot spend more than the extra dollar.