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Originally Posted by DougB
I get what you are saying, but since they are residents, they really skew nothing. If we didn't count them, then the data would be skewed.
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I think the original poster was trying to find out the average age of Villages homeowners (retirees) - and I don't think it's between 60-62. At 62, I still feel like I'm in the bottom 20%, with maybe 80% between 65-80, and another 20% over 80.
This is strictly a guess, based on what I see in the activities I attend.
Again, the newer the village, the lower the average age, but you will find all ages in all neighborhoods. And also remember that probably 10-20% of buyers in new Villages came from older Villages.
All the retirement articles are saying that baby boomers are having to work longer, in general, and as company pensions disappear, and govt pensions get more restrictive, and life expectancies extend, it only makes sense that the average age of retirees everywhere goes up.
I do think, in the last few years, with many 50 plus workers, as well as others, losing their jobs, that there has been a bump of early retirees just because their jobs ended, not because they decided to retire. I'm among them, expected to work until 62, was downsized and chose not to relocate to continue working at my company. Would think this will happen less frequently as the economy improves.