Benchmarks · Investments · 50–54 · DC

Investments for people aged 50–54 in Washington, DC

Everything invested in markets — brokerage, retirement accounts and employer plans combined.

Modeled estimate · federal survey data
Household-level figures: the underlying survey (Fed SCF) measures households, grouped by the reference person's age — combined for a couple, and they read high for a single person. Why, and how this changes as live data grows.
Median
$50K
Upper quarter
$360K
Top 10%
$1.5M

Half of people aged 50–54 in Washington, DC have a total invested above $50,400. Reaching the upper quarter takes about $359,900, and the top 10% starts at $1,461,600 — roughly 29.0× the median. The lower quarter sits below $0, and the bottom 10% is under $0.

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The full distribution

PercentileInvestmentsWhat it means
Bottom 10%$09 in 10 are above this
Lower quarter$025th percentile
Median$50,400half above, half below
Upper quarter$359,90075th percentile
Top 10%$1,461,600only 1 in 10 is above this
Average (mean)$63,000pulled up by the top end — the median is the better "typical"

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Investments by age in Washington, DC

AgeLower quarterMedian investmentsUpper quarterTop 10%
22–25 →$0$0$7,930$50K
26–29 →$0$2,640$37K$136K
30–33 →$0$6,360$56K$197K
34–37 →$0$6,000$99K$372K
38–41 →$0$17K$159K$586K
42–45 →$0$30K$235K$825K
46–50 →$0$46K$281K$1.2M
50–54$0$50K$360K$1.5M
55–59 →$0$56K$488K$1.7M
60–64 →$0$74K$555K$2.3M
65 and over →$0$18K$488K$2.2M

Investments at 50–54 by city

MetroLower quarterMedian investmentsUpper quarterTop 10%
New York City →$0$55K$392K$1.6M
San Francisco →$0$61K$441K$1.8M
Los Angeles →$0$50K$360K$1.5M
Chicago →$0$46K$327K$1.3M
Boston →$0$50K$353K$1.4M
Washington, DC$0$50K$360K$1.5M
Seattle →$0$51K$366K$1.5M
Austin →$0$47K$334K$1.3M

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Common questions

What is the median total invested for people aged 50–54 in Washington, DC?
The median total invested for people aged 50–54 in Washington, DC is $50,400. Half of this group is above that figure and half below.
What total invested puts you in the top 10% of people aged 50–54 in Washington, DC?
About $1,461,600. The 90th percentile is the level only one in ten people in this group exceeds — roughly 29.0× the median.
Where do these numbers come from?
They are modeled percentile distributions fitted to this cohort from federal survey microdata — the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (released October 2026), the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, Census ACS and BLS wage data — and they blend toward anonymized, aggregated data from Keeping Up members as each cohort grows. Full methodology at keepingup.com/methodology.

How this is built. Percentiles are modeled for this cohort from federal survey microdata — the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (released October 2026), the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey (2024), the Census American Community Survey and BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2025) — with metro cost-of-living and wage adjustments. As Keeping Up members in this cohort grow, the band blends toward anonymized, aggregated live data (minimum cohort sizes apply; no individual is ever identifiable). Seeded figures are household-level, as in the SCF; live cohorts are individual-level. Amounts are in current dollars. Read the full methodology.

Last updated October 2026. Cohort: people aged 50–54 in Washington, DC. Model sample basis: 120.