Jeremy Horpedahl: Millennial net worth in 2025 exceeds Gen X and Boomers at similar ages

Jeremy Horpedahl: Millennial net worth in 2025 exceeds Gen X and Boomers at similar ages
Millennials top prior generations in net worth

Jeremy Horpedahl compares the median net worth of Millennial, Gen X, and Boomer households at similar life stages. According to Horpedahl, Millennial households in 2025 (ages 29 to 44) had a median net worth of $110,300. For Gen X in 2010, after the impact of the Financial Crisis, the median net worth was $44,392. Boomer households in 1992 had a median net worth of $75,304. All figures are inflation adjusted.

Horpedahl has recently tracked related shifts in U.S. household finances. In August 2026, he reported that real median U.S. household income declined by $1,000 year-over-year. Earlier, Horpedahl highlighted that net interest payments on U.S. debt exceeded $1 trillion as the budget deficit neared $2 trillion.

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