The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35
The median net worth of households headed by someone 65 or older was $170,494. That is 42 percent more than in 1984, when the Census Bureau first began measuring wealth broken down by age. The median net worth for the younger-age households was $3,662, down by 68 percent from a quarter-century ago, according to the Pew analysis.
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Well, now. While that is quite interesting, and certainly a valid point, I do wonder about the timing of this particular release. A few moments when it looks as though a good portion of of the populace can agree on something, and…
Posted November 7, 2011 at 2:20pm
