Poll: At $5 Per Gallon, 85% Americans Will Change Driving Habits

A new poll from Ipsos Public Affairs shows that when gas hits $4 a gallon 74 percent of Americans change driving habits. That jumps to 85 percent for $5 a gallon -- a figure some analysts believe is inevitable.

Here are results of the Ipsos Poll:

Among those who have changed their driving, the median gas price at which they did so was $3.20 per gallon, a level that was reached back in March.

As the price at the pump continues to rise, more and more Americans will be changing their driving habits: at $3.00 per gallon, 35% of Americans had changed their habits; by $4.00 per gallon — a reality in many parts of the U.S. already —, it will be 74%; and by $5.00 per gallon, 85% of all Americans will have changed their driving habits. However, one in ten Americans (9%) say they will never change their driving habits, regardless of the how high the price climbs.

Those who have already changed their driving habits are particularly prevalent among adults with a household income of less than $50,000 per year (73%), parents of children under 18 (72%), those living in the South (72%) and those saying the country is headed on the wrong track (71%).