National Egg Day falls on June 3rd, and in recognition of this, we’ll take a deeper dive into American egg preferences come breakfast time. While eggs can be eaten at any time of the day or night, they maintain a strong presence on the breakfast table. And Americans are split on the best way to prepare them. 

CivicScience data paint a clear picture of the top three egg preparation methods. While 38% of U.S. adults prefer their eggs scrambled, 28% like their eggs fried over-easy, and just 12% opt for an omelette (among egg eaters). 

Women are six percentage points more likely than men to prefer scrambled eggs (39% vs 33%). Men, meanwhile, are six percentage points more likely than women to prefer their eggs fried over-easy (30% vs 24%). While scrambled egg fans are roughly evenly dispersed across age ranges, adults aged 45-64 outpace all others in their preference for fried over-easy eggs, and adults aged 45 and older lead with their preference for omelettes.  

How Breakfastime Egg Preferences Connect to Broader Habits

Of course, this demographic data is only the start of what sets egg fans apart at the breakfast table. Here’s what the data show: 

Public Transportation: Scrambled egg fans are 11 percentage points more likely than fried over-easy fans to take public transportation three or more times per week (18% vs 7%). 

Cable TV: While 44% of scrambled egg fans watch cable TV daily, just 39% of fried over-easy fans say the same. 

Lawn Care: Those who prefer their eggs fried over-easy are 12 percentage points more likely to do their own lawn care than those who prefer their eggs scrambled (58% vs 46%).

Fashion Trends: Fried over-easy egg fans are seven percentage points more likely than scrambled egg fans to say they follow trends and current events in fashion (76% vs 69%). 

Grocery Delivery: Scrambled egg fans are six percentage points more likely to have used grocery delivery than fried over-easy fans (31% vs 25%). 

Where do you stand? Take this poll now and see how your preference compares with other Americans:

Clearly, how you prefer your eggs impacts more than just your breakfast plate. This simple gastronomical choice creates a ripple effect across a variety of other consumer behaviors that reach far beyond the kitchen table.

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This article’s data comes solely from CivicScience’s database, which contains nearly 700,000 poll questions and 5 billion consumer insights.