A Mister Softee ice cream truck in August of 2020 in New York City. ... The average household size has dropped from 3.5 people to 2.5 people since 1940, according to the US Census Bureau.

Ice cream trucks and carts, from the bike-and-cooler rig Green pedals in Hawaii to the Fudgy Wudgy Man (now men and women) who walk the beaches along the Jersey Shore to the Good Humor and Mister ...