DINKs out-earn dual-income couples with kids by $42K a year — and hold $147K less wealth. Same years. Same economy. Find your gap.
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THE DINK WEALTH FORMULA
Income × Time × System = Wealth
Close the gap by fixing the system.
SOURCE: PEW RESEARCH CENTER, NOV 2025
Analysis of U.S. Census Bureau household data. Median DINK income: $193,900; median DINK wealth: $214,700. Dual-income couples with children, same years: $151,900 income; $361,500 wealth. The wealth gap: $146,800. Note the caveat we print in the Blueprint — the median older DINK spouse is 36 against 43 in couples with kids, so some of the gap is simply years.
YOUR WEALTH GAP
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The distance between your net worth and $361,500 — the median for dual-income couples with children, measured in the same years.