Interesting Parking and Valet Information and Facts
- 85.8% of all valet attendants are male
- 55.3% of all valet attendants identify as white
- The average age of a valet attendant is 40+
- While male customers tend to tip better than female customers, female valet attendants earn more tips than their male counterparts.
- People tend to tip the valet attendants more in bad weather.
- 40% of all car accidents with damage to the vehicle occur during parking and within a 5 mile radius of home or work.
- Parking lots and parking garages take up 5% of all urban land in the United States.
- West Edmonton Mall parking garage is the largest parking lot in the world. It can accommodate up to 20,000 cars.
- The largest parking lot in the United States is the Sea-Tac Airport parking lot which can park up to 13,000 vehicles.