The Finance Shelf

Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2022 to 2025 (Federal Reserve Board)

SurveyFederal Reserve BoardOctober 202666 pages99 min readOriginal source
Key number
2 percent %
Real median net worth growth p.8
Largest segment
Transaction accounts
Most commonly held financial asset p.16
What changed
almost 20 percent %
Share of families behind on loan payments p.9

Summary

  • Real median family income rose 7 percent between the 2022 to 2025 surveys, while real mean family income fell 6 percent.p.7
  • Real median net worth rose by 2 percent between 2022 and 2025, while real mean net worth rose by 7 percent.p.8
  • The homeownership rate was 66 percent in 2025, about unchanged from 2022.p.8
  • Participation in the stock market declined from 58 percent in 2022 to 56 percent in 2025.p.8
  • The fraction of families with any type of debt remained about stable at 77 percent between 2022 and 2025.p.9
  • The share of families that reported being behind on loan payments sharply increased from about 12 percent to almost 20 percent between 2022 and 2025.p.9

Key insights

  1. Real median family income increased by 7 percent between the 2022 and 2025 surveys.p.7
  2. Real median net worth rose by 2 percent to $215,900 between 2022 and 2025.p.17
  3. Median net housing value for homeowner families rose to $230,000 in 2025 from $218,900 in 2022.p.8
  4. The proportion of families with debt payment-to-income ratios greater than 40 percent increased from 6.5 to 8.6 percent.p.9
  5. Conditional on holding stock, median stock holdings grew 36 percent from $56,900 in 2022 to $77,400 in 2025.p.8

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