Would older Americans choose love or wealth?
75%
75% of Americans over 65 would choose love over wealth if forced to pick one.
n = 6,442 US adults aged 65+ · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Forced-choice question.
What it means
Three in four. The quarter who would take the money are the more quotable minority.
Methodology
- Sample
- 6,442
- Population
- US adults aged 65+
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- When Americans are most satisfied with life
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Would older Americans choose love or wealth?" Survey of 6,442 US adults aged 65+, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/would-older-americans-choose-love-or-wealth
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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