Everyday Life · Question 6IN PROGRESS
Will my kids do better than I did?
Intergenerational mobility, student debt, housing for young families — the American Dream, measured.
WHERE THIS STANDS
The American Dream metric — are kids out-earning their parents? Chetty's research is the spine of this section.
WHAT WE'RE BUILDING HERE
% who out-earn their parents by birth decade
Source: Chetty / Opportunity Insights
Homeownership rates by age cohort over time
Source: Census, Federal Reserve
Age at first home purchase trend
Source: NAR, Census
Wealth accumulation by generation at same age
Source: Federal Reserve SCF
Years of income to buy a median home
Source: Census, NAR, FRED
PLANNED DEMOGRAPHIC DRILL-DOWN
Where the federal data supports it, every metric here will break down by race/ethnicity, gender, income quintile, age, education, and geography — and where a breakdown isn't available, we'll say so out loud rather than hide the gap.