US Households Owed an Average of $152,653 at the End of Q2 2025: Report

Two out of every five American households in a survey said that debt was a source of conflict in their homes.

U.S. dollar bills in Washington on Oct. 4, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The average household in the United States had $152,653 in debt by the end of the second quarter of 2025, financial services company WalletHub said in an Aug. 5 report.

At $152,653, the debt owed by a household is just $13,809 shy of the all-time high, it said.