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Is $200,000 a good net worth at 24?

$200,000 at 24 is in the top 25% for that age, ahead of about 89% of households headed by someone aged 20 to 28. Below: the full line at 24, how the same amount ranks at other ages, and what keeps the same rank later.

Short answer: $200,000 at 24 is in the top 25% for that age: it is ahead of about 89% of households headed by someone aged 20 to 28, where the median is $17,300 and the top 10% starts at $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025).

$200,000 against households headed by someone aged 20 to 28

$200,000 sits around the 89th percentile at 24. The median is $17,300, the top 25% starts at $74,200 and the top 10% at $216,100.

Net worth, households headed by someone aged 20 to 28 (256 surveyed households)
Point in the lineNet worth$200,000 is
10th percentile-$12,600$212,600 above
25th percentile$800$199,200 above
Median$17,300$182,700 above
75th percentile$74,200$125,800 above
90th percentile (top 10%)$216,100$16,100 below
95th percentile (top 5%)$332,500$132,500 below
99th percentile (top 1%)$644,900$444,900 below
Average$67,900$132,100 above

$200,000 at other ages

The same amount ranks lower as households get older, because net worth usually builds into the 60s.

Where $200,000 ranks at each age
AgeMedian at that age$200,000 is
24$17,30089th percentile
25$21,30085th percentile
30$52,10073rd percentile
35$106,10063rd percentile
40$182,20052nd percentile
45$203,90049th percentile
50$232,20045th percentile
55$253,30043rd percentile
60$368,00039th percentile
65$552,20031st percentile
70$412,40035th percentile

What keeps the same rank later

Households at the same point in the line, around the 89th percentile, hold these amounts at later ages. It is a 2025 snapshot of different households, not a forecast for one household.

Net worth at the 89th percentile by age
AgeNet worth at the same rank
29$319,000
34$606,000
44$1,646,000
50$2,449,000
60$3,630,000
67$3,301,000

Other amounts and ages

At 24: $100,000, $200,000, $300,000. $200,000 at: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40. Every point in the line at 24 is on net worth at 24. How $200,000 ranks among all households is on is $200,000 a good net worth.

Figures are from the Federal Reserve’s 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, released October 2026, in 2025 dollars. Each age uses households whose head is within about two years of it, so the line moves smoothly from one age to the next. Net worth is everything owned, including home equity and retirement accounts, minus everything owed. Future Social Security and pension payments are not counted.

Figures checked on against Federal Reserve, Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2022 to 2025 (October 2026) (PDF) and Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, public data.

Frequently asked questions

Is $200,000 a good net worth at 24?
Against people your age it is in the top 25%: ahead of about 89% of households headed by someone aged 20 to 28. The median there is $17,300 and the top 10% starts at $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025).
What net worth keeps the same rank later?
Households at the same point in the line hold about $1,102,000 at 40, $2,449,000 at 50, $3,630,000 at 60. That is a snapshot of different households in 2025, not a forecast.
Does net worth include my home?
Yes. The survey counts home equity, retirement accounts, investments, cash, vehicles and businesses, minus debts. Future Social Security and pension payments are not included.