Amazon is spending $4 billion to bring next-day delivery service to rural America

Amazon is spending $4 billion on a logistics expansion disclosed last year.

Bloomberg’s analysis shows about 1 in 5 rural households get deliveries in under 24 hours and 62% within 48 hours.

Rural residents collectively spend about $1 trillion a year on clothing, electronics, household goods and other items, roughly 20% of U.S. retail purchases excluding autos and gasoline.

Amazon operates about 560 delivery stations nationwide, roughly 160 in rural areas, and adds 40–50 new delivery hubs per year.

Amazon now handles roughly two out of every three orders itself, is on track to become the largest U.S. parcel carrier (surpassing the Postal Service by 2028 per Pitney Bowes), and has a dispute over contract terms with the Postal Service.