The 2024A data update will feature a completely redesigned and significantly improved ‘assets and debts’ database which we will be renaming as the Household Finance database.

The main features of the database include:

  • Update to the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which is released by the Federal Reserve every three years.
  • Direct modeling of the survey at the individual response level using the AGS synthetic household model. This model uses multiple level relationships such as Tenure – Vehicles Available – Income to create estimates that preserve much more of the variation inherent in household level data that is often lost when modeling from survey summary statistics.
  • Expanded coverage of asset sub-categories which now include detailed breakouts of many of the asset and debt classes, such as the distinction between mortgages and real estate secured lines of credit.
  • Additional summary variables including late payments, bankruptcies, and debt-to-income ratios.

The following tabulations are available for both all households and just those reporting the particular asset or debt category:

Category Sub-Category Elements
Financial Assets Liquid Assets (Transaction Accounts) Money Market Funds

Checking Accounts

Savings Accounts

Call Accounts

Prepaid Cards

  Certificates of Deposit
  Directly Held Pooled Investment Funds (Mutual Funds) Stock

Tax-Free Bond

Government Bond

Other Bond

Combination Funds

Other Mutual Funds

  Savings Bonds
  Directly Held Stocks
  Directly Held Bonds Tax Exempt

Mortgage-Backed

Govt/Govt Agency

Corporation

  Retirement Accounts IRA/Keough Tax Deferred

Employer Based 401k

Future Pensions

Currently received pensions

  Life Insurance Cash Value
  Managed Assets Annuities

Trusts

  Other Financial Assets
Non-Financial Assets Vehicles
  Primary Residence
  Non-Primary Residence
  Other Real Estate Investment Assets
  Business Assets Active participation

Inactive participation

  Other Non-Financial
Debts Debt Secured By Primary Residence Mortgage/Home Equity Loans

HELOC

  Line of Credit, not secured by primary residence
  Other Residential Debt
  Credit Card
  Installment Loans Vehicle

Education

Other Installment Loans

  Other Miscellaneous Debt
General Credit Status Zero Credit Card Balance

Late payment

Use of payday loans

Credit applications

Denial of credit

 

Summary Net Worth Total Financial Assets

Total Non-Financial Assets

Total Assets

Total Debts

Net Worth

  Financial Health and Risk Debt-To-Income Ratio

Home Equity

 

The map below shows the percentage of applications for credit which are denied, by block group, for Louisville KY-IN:

This new database will be available with the 2024A release in early May, 2024.