Median net worth of U.S. households - Comparison 1984 and 2009

This statistic shows a comparison of the median net worth of U.S. households in 1984 and 2009 for two age groups: young families, where the householder is younger than 35, and mostly retired households, where the householder is 65 or older. The median net worth of young households has decreased from 11,521 U.S. dollars in 1984 to 3,662 U.S. dollars in 2009.

Comparison of the median net worth of U.S. households in 1984 and 2009 by age of householder (in 2010 U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	1984	2009
Younger than 35	11,521$	3,662$
65 and older	120,457$	170,494$

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Release date

November 2011

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United States

Survey time period

1984 and 2009

Supplementary notes

Median denotes the midpoint of a group—in this case the point at which 50% of the households have more wealth and 50% have less. Unlike averages, medians are not sensitive to extreme values of wealth. The median describes the experience of those “in the middle of the pack.”
Net worth: Assets minus debt.

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