[robotresearcher]

Median income is not the mean. It is the boundary where 50% make less, 50% more. It’s not skewed by outliers like the mean can be.

The median for 45-55 year olds is much higher than the population overall. It’s the highest of any 10-year cohort, IIRC.

[0x0nyandesu]

Plus high income areas skew up so if you're in some parts of the country a 50k car is on the low end.