$118,200: that was the median net worth of American households in 2019, according to the Census Bureau's 2020 Survey of Income and Progr...

Despite being more educated than any other generation, Millennials are having a tough time. They are highly educated but burdened by student...

The median net worth of Black householders under age 35 was just $600 in 2019, according to the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). This is j...

The family home is still the single most valuable asset owned by the average American household. The primary residence accounted for 26 perc...

First, the good news. The median net worth of Black households climbed 33 percent between 2016 and 2019, after adjusting for inflation. This...

How wealthy is the average American household? We find out only every three years, which is a very long wait. Well, the wait is over but the...

The income and wealth of Millennials is lagging behind that of older generations at the same age, according to a study by the Federal Reserv...

Do older Americans stay in one home long enough to turn their home equity into an income stream, boosting their standard of living in retire...

Millions of American households have zero or even negative net worth, meaning the amount of money they owe equals or exceeds their assets. T...

The wealth gap between Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites is huge. The median household wealth of non-Hispanic Whites was nearly 10 times that o...

Two years ago Demo Memo presented 10 vital demographic questions  and asked how many answers to these questions we would have once we had mo...

When the white working class sneezes, America catches a cold. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis examines what may be ailing America in a...

Americans aged 65 or older are the beneficiaries of a growing share of the nation's resources, studies show, while children must make do...

A surprisingly modest 61 percent of Americans say they would want to be rich, according to a Gallup survey. Younger adults are most likely t...

Born in the 1980s? Then you belong to what could be a "lost generation." This is not a tabloid headline, but the considered opinio...

More than one-third of households in the U.S. (34 percent) are headed by someone with a bachelor's degree or more education. A study by ...

Stocks are a growing share of the wealth of middle-aged Americans, according to an analysis of the Survey of Consumer Finances by the Federa...

The median net worth of non-Hispanic White households was 9.7 times the net worth of Black households in 2016—$171,000 versus $17,600, accor...

Median household net worth climbed to $97,300 in 2016, reports the triennial Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances. The 20...

After years of decline, household wealth is growing again, according to the triennial Survey of Consumer Finances. Median household net wort...