Chart 12. Gardening and lawncare and repair of household items, U.S. city-average indexes, density and adequacy, January 2019–July 2023 (in percent)
Period Gardening and lawncare density Gardening and lawncare adequacy Repair of household items density Repair of household items adequacy

Jan 2019

16.73 44.49 35.06 67.49

Feb 2019

20.73 46.85 38.44 67.45

Mar 2019

29.26 64.50 23.72 54.29

Apr 2019

31.00 63.95 44.24 59.87

May 2019

24.30 59.68 27.79 59.82

Jun 2019

41.14 63.55 41.39 64.81

Jul 2019

32.12 63.53 25.35 44.69

Aug 2019

31.55 49.30 44.99 65.75

Sep 2019

35.35 60.38 22.11 44.32

Oct 2019

38.72 64.61 35.39 63.42

Nov 2019

30.08 58.52 38.50 73.94

Dec 2019

17.70 35.23 48.66 75.41

Jan 2020

22.49 51.61 39.76 79.24

Feb 2020

32.80 60.41 52.90 79.19

Mar 2020

23.72 46.39 39.92 79.21

Apr 2020

37.99 62.36 55.79 79.36

May 2020

36.09 58.35 35.77 59.85

Jun 2020

36.73 58.21 40.94 54.68

Jul 2020

33.41 59.77 37.66 70.24

Aug 2020

31.11 50.62 38.44 53.58

Sep 2020

29.17 56.94 33.82 59.62

Oct 2020

19.09 33.29 41.45 48.80

Nov 2020

14.93 48.14 28.62 54.36

Dec 2020

17.57 36.05 35.87 48.75

Jan 2021

7.87 41.64 32.61 59.51

Feb 2021

14.67 29.63 34.00 55.02

Mar 2021

14.36 35.91 26.11 60.57

Apr 2021

35.02 63.02 40.23 54.92

May 2021

23.13 56.41 32.04 64.02

Jun 2021

38.39 62.62 39.87 47.85

Jul 2021

23.90 54.63 24.61 43.76

Aug 2021

30.75 53.96 24.72 36.42

Sep 2021

23.23 54.91 24.16 34.56

Oct 2021

29.82 54.22 30.66 34.64

Dec 2021

13.83 23.38 20.73 28.38

Mar 2022

12.42 33.47 17.55 43.08

Apr 2022

28.15 48.68 37.52 49.42

May 2022

18.90 41.59 18.63 43.80

Jun 2022

24.02 48.46 32.01 43.61

Jul 2022

27.72 47.44 9.67 35.67

Aug 2022

29.05 49.10 20.63 31.93

Sep 2022

27.61 47.54 18.83 31.25

Oct 2022

27.30 45.14 36.74 54.40

Dec 2022

14.80 36.20 26.10 34.80

Mar 2023

13.69 31.64 30.35 55.59

Apr 2023

29.56 54.17 36.34 46.15

May 2023

25.80 41.96 35.02 65.79

Jun 2023

34.73 52.29 34.56 44.63

Jul 2023

28.94 46.35 34.84 64.29

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.