Young US households' median net worth falls 23%
The gist
Median net worth for US families younger than 35 fell 23% to $33,000 between 2022 and 2025.
Families 75 and older gained 37%, widening the gap between young and old.
How it unfolded
- 2022 –2025Median net worth for families younger than 35 fell 23% to $33,000, and mean net worth fell 33% to $135,400.
- 2022 –2025Median net worth for families 75 and older rose 37% to $504,900; mean net worth for that group rose 10% to $1.96 million.
- 2022 –2025Overall median net worth rose 2% and the mean rose 7%; the median for Black families fell 25%, leaving the White median at nine times theirs, the widest ratio since 2016.