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Median and Mean Family Net Worth
Net worth of all U.S. families, median and mean, Survey of Consumer Finances, constant dollars
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Median · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Mean · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
Federal Reserve Board, Survey of Consumer Finances, historical tables (Table 4), every three years. Net worth is assets minus debts, in constant dollars of the newest survey; each new survey restates the earlier ones in its own dollars. Age is the age of the family’s reference person. The mean is total net worth divided by the number of families, so the wealthiest families pull it far above the median.
The typical U.S. family’s net worth beside the average. The distance between the two lines shows how much of household wealth sits with the families at the top.
What this chart reads
- U.S. Median Family Net Worth (Survey of Consumer Finances)as “Median”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Mean Family Net Worth (Survey of Consumer Finances)as “Mean”latest 2025-12-31
Sources
U.S. Median Family Net Worth (Survey of Consumer Finances). Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Survey of Consumer Finances, historical summary tables (internal data, constant dollars), Table 4. Public domain.
U.S. Mean Family Net Worth (Survey of Consumer Finances). Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Survey of Consumer Finances, historical summary tables (internal data, constant dollars), Table 4. Public domain.
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