Air fryers were used at least weekly in 57.93 million U.S. homes in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). That figure measures housing units reporting weekly use, not ownership, appliance shipments, market revenue, or the number of individual air fryers. The available evidence also shows how use varies by housing type, household size, income, climate, region, home age, and square footage, while Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalls provide specific safety and price signals.
Contents
- Weekly use across U.S. homes
- Use by housing type
- Household size and income
- Climate and Census regions
- Housing age and home size
- Recalls, incidents, and prices
Weekly use across U.S. homes
The EIA’s 2024 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) estimate counts homes where an air fryer was used at least once each week. It does not establish that every home owned an air fryer, and it does not count appliances. The estimate covers 57.93 million U.S. housing units. EIA, Table HC3.2: Appliances in U.S. homes, by owner or renter status, 2024
Among owner-occupied single-family or mobile homes, 37.92 million housing units reported weekly air-fryer use. Among renter-occupied single-family or mobile homes, the corresponding figure was 20.01 million housing units. These are survey estimates for 2024, and the table measures housing units rather than individual owners or renters.
The owner and renter figures should be read as the EIA’s defined segments. They are not a complete ownership-rate comparison, and the supplied data do not provide the total number of homes in each segment needed to calculate penetration percentages. They also should not be interpreted as a count of unique appliances.
Use by housing type
The EIA’s housing-unit categories show weekly use across several U.S. home types in 2024. Detached single-family homes accounted for 36.46 million housing units reporting weekly air-fryer use. Attached single-family homes accounted for 3.69 million.
Apartment categories added a substantial portion of the measured total: 4.46 million apartments in buildings with two to four units reported weekly use, while 10.45 million apartments in buildings with five or more units did so. Mobile homes accounted for 2.87 million housing units reporting weekly use. EIA, Table HC3.1: Appliances in U.S. homes, by housing unit type, 2024
| Housing type | Housing units using an air fryer weekly in 2024 |
|---|---|
| Detached single-family | 36.46 million |
| Attached single-family | 3.69 million |
| Apartment, 2–4 units | 4.46 million |
| Apartment, 5 or more units | 10.45 million |
| Mobile home | 2.87 million |
These values are reported category estimates, not a ranking of adoption rates. Because the underlying measure is weekly use, a larger count can reflect a larger housing segment rather than a higher share of homes using an air fryer. The EIA limitation is important for product readers: housing type is associated with the number of reporting units, but these figures alone do not show whether detached, attached, apartment, or mobile-home residents were more likely to use one.
Household size and income
Weekly use appears across every household-size category in the 2024 EIA estimate. One-person households accounted for 14.29 million housing units reporting weekly air-fryer use. Two-person households accounted for 19.05 million, three-person households for 9.76 million, and four-person households for 8.24 million. Households with five or more people accounted for 6.59 million. EIA, Table HC3.4: Appliances in U.S. homes, by number of household persons, 2024
| Household size | Weekly-use housing units |
|---|---|
| One person | 14.29 million |
| Two people | 19.05 million |
| Three people | 9.76 million |
| Four people | 8.24 million |
| Five or more people | 6.59 million |
The income breakdown is also a count of U.S. housing units reporting weekly use, not a rate within each income band. The 2024 estimates were 2.64 million homes below $10,000 in annual household income; 2.01 million at $10,000–$14,999; 5.00 million at $15,000–$29,999; and 12.84 million at $30,000–$59,999.
Higher income bands included 13.58 million homes at $60,000–$99,999, 15.48 million at $100,000–$199,999, and 6.38 million at $200,000 or more. EIA, Table HC3.5: Appliances in U.S. homes, by annual household income, 2024
The income categories are descriptive. The supplied EIA notes do not support a causal claim about income and air-fryer adoption, and they do not establish affordability, purchase motivation, or product quality. They show how many housing units in each defined band reported weekly use.
Climate and Census regions
Across EIA climate classifications, 18.42 million homes in the mixed-humid region reported weekly air-fryer use in 2024. The very cold or cold region had 17.20 million, the hot-humid region had 12.08 million, the mixed-dry or hot-dry region had 7.79 million, and the marine region had 2.44 million. EIA, Table HC3.6: Appliances in U.S. homes, by climate region, 2024
The Census-region totals were 8.84 million homes in the Northeast, 12.30 million in the Midwest, 24.07 million in the South, and 12.71 million in the West. These are household counts, not regional penetration rates. EIA, Table HC3.7: Appliances in U.S. homes in the Northeast and Midwest regions, 2024 EIA, Table HC3.8: Appliances in U.S. homes in the South and West regions, 2024
Selected Census divisions provide more detail. New England had 2.43 million homes reporting weekly use and the Middle Atlantic had 6.41 million. In the Midwest, East North Central had 8.21 million. In the South, South Atlantic had 12.79 million, East South Central had 3.66 million, and West South Central had 7.63 million.
Climate and Census groupings answer different questions. Climate regions describe EIA classifications, while Census regions and divisions describe geographic groupings. Neither set of counts demonstrates that climate itself caused different use patterns, and the supplied figures do not include the denominators required for adoption-rate comparisons.
Housing age and home size
Weekly air-fryer use was reported in homes from every listed construction period. Homes built before 1950 accounted for 7.54 million housing units. Homes built in 1950–1959 accounted for 5.40 million, and homes built in 1960–1969 accounted for 5.10 million. The 1970–1979 group accounted for 7.47 million, while 1980–1989 accounted for 7.02 million. Homes built in 2000–2009 accounted for 8.95 million. EIA, Table HC3.3: Appliances in U.S. homes, by year of construction, 2024
The construction year describes the housing unit, not the age of the appliance. These figures therefore do not show when an air fryer was purchased, how long it lasted, or whether newer homes had newer products.
Home-size estimates show 13.10 million homes under 1,000 square feet reporting weekly use in 2024. The 1,000–1,499-square-foot category had 13.77 million, and the 1,500–1,999-square-foot category had 10.48 million. Larger categories included 7.56 million homes at 2,000–2,499 square feet, 4.61 million at 2,500–2,999 square feet, and 8.40 million at 3,000 square feet or more. EIA, Table HC3.9: Appliances in U.S. homes, by home size, 2024
These are square-footage bands and weekly-use estimates. They should not be used to infer that a particular home size makes air-fryer use more or less likely without corresponding housing-unit totals for each band.
Recalls, incidents, and prices
Recall data provide specific safety observations, not a population-wide failure rate. On February 23, 2023, about 2 million Cosori air fryers were recalled in the United States because of fire and burn hazards. The recall also covered about 250,000 units sold in Canada and 21,000 sold in Mexico. The affected U.S. models were 3.7-quart and 5.8-quart air fryers. CPSC, Two Million COSORI Air Fryers Recalled by Atekcity Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
By the recall date, Cosori reported 205 incidents involving recalled air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating, or smoking. The reports included 10 minor superficial burn injuries and 23 cases of minor property damage. The recalled units had been sold in the United States for $70–$130 from June 2018 through December 2022. These are firm-reported incidents and listed retail prices for recalled models, not independently verified incidence rates or current prices.
On December 14, 2023, about 319,000 PowerXL dual-basket air fryers were recalled in the United States for a burn hazard. The recalled models had 9-quart and 10-quart capacities. PowerXL received 41 reports of the recalled product breaking during use, including three reports of burns. The products sold for $60–$190 from August 2021 through October 2023. CPSC, Empower Brands Recalls Power XL Dual Basket Air Fryers Due to Burn Hazard
The CPSC figures apply only to the named recalled products and the reported periods. They do not estimate all air-fryer failures, all injuries, total market size, or the safety of air fryers generally. Likewise, the EIA estimates describe nationally representative 2024 RECS housing-unit reports of at least weekly use; they are not ownership rates, appliance-unit counts, market revenue, energy savings, health outcomes, or causal findings.