Aggregate Income of U.S. affluent households to reach $4.6T in 2011.

The nearly 21 million U.S. households now considered affluent wielded an aggregate income of $3.6 trillion in 2006, a pot expected to cumulatively grow by more than 27% over the next four years to reach $4.6 trillion in 2011, according to The Affluent Market in the U.S., a new report from Packaged Facts. While affluent households comprise only 18% of all households, the report concludes they now control nearly half of aggregate U.S. household income. However, the super-affluent segment of the market — the 2 million households with an income of $250,000 or more — wields even more leverage over the consumer economy. With an average annual household income of $435,000, super-affluent Americans account for only 1.2% of households but generate 12% of household income.

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