Constantly hearing about the rich boomers all having million dollar homes etc. Reality is much different.
The median net worth for Americans ages 55–64 is around $364,00 driven by home equity and retirement savings.
Nearly 43% of households in this age group lack retirement accounts, relying more on home equity or earnings.
About 77% of households carry debt, with mortgages and home-equity loans being the largest liabilities.
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ccunning@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 7d
Wouldn’t 55-64 year olds be mostly Gen X?
pixelmeow@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 7d
As a 59 year old Gen Xer, yes.
Tabooki2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 7d
As a 61-year-old boomer not much changed in those 2 years. Lol
Aganim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6d
Boomers these days are between 62 and 80 years old though, so not sure what the point is that you're trying to make. That things started going downhill with GenX?
Tabooki2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d
Point is that most boomers aren't sitting all pretty like Gen Z thinks. The future looks pretty grim for many.