The eight segments in Midlife Success make up more affluent Younger Years class.
These lifestyle descriptions are intended to paint a picture of a new neighborhood you’d enjoy, because you share some of the same traits with current residents.
Lifestyles Segments by Ages
With the help of our knowledge bank, you can choose for variations in your new neighborhood by:
But to zero in on the best place for you you’ll have to visit and schedule time to explore potential new homes in a region.
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20-Somethings
You’ll notice that, in general, the older you get, the more affluent you become.
According to Claritas / Nielsen PRIZM 20-29 Singles “make up the most downscale” of the four 20-something lifestyle groups.
Especially when compared to the next older set of single lifestyles – 25-54 year olds.
And the younger 20-44 year old families occupy the lowest affluent rankings for lifestyle profiles even within other family groups, no matter what age.
That comparison also includes the last of the seven 20-something families lifestyles in the 25-54 age group.
30-Somethings
Now let’s turn your attention to the first of two more affluent groups within the “30-Something” age range.
According to Gail Sheehy, this is the Making It stage … they set a timetable for fulfilling their goals.
It is of consuming importance to become acknowledged as a junior member of their occupational tribe.
Men who continue to focus narrowly their external goals can be, more than at any other time in their lives, shallow and boring.
My have mastered early adult tensions, or still working on them.”
30-44 Singles and Couples
The eight segments in Midlife Success make up more affluent Younger Years class.
- Wealthy Influentials – One Affluently Elite (WIAE), Two Exurb Society (WIES) and two Digitally Mobiles (WIDM)
- Wireless Resorters – Premier Resorts (WRPR) and two Maturing Resorts (WRMR)
- One Permanent Temporary – Interim Middle Managers (PTIMM)
We use Claritas / Nielsen PRIZM lifestyle segmentation profiles to evaluate best places for relocation to more authentic, quality-of-life communities.
And, if your community already includes the following profiles, you’ll have a better understanding of what’s going on in your neighbors’ lives.
We know the number of households and income levels for comparison purposes based upon Claritas / Nielsen PRIZM 2011 Statistics:
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 14,633,208
- Median Household Income : $69,063
“The segments in Midlife Success typically are filled with childless singles and couples in their thirties and forties.
The wealthiest of the Younger Years class, this group is home to many white, college-educated residents who make six-figure incomes at executive and professional jobs but also extends to more middle class segments.
Most of these segments are found in suburban and exurban communities, and consumers here are big fans of the latest technology, financial products, aerobic exercise and travel.”
Where are you likely to these eight more affluent single and couple lifestyles?
Four in California, two in Colorado, and one each in Arizona and New Mexico:
- Irvine, CA
- Mission Viejo, CA
- Truckee, CA
- Westwood, CA
- Boulder, CO
- Louisville, CO
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Santa Fe, NM
Which of the following 30-Something, Midlife Success Lifestyles describes you best?
03Y1S1, Movers & Shakers, 30-44, Couples, Midlife Success, Elite Suburbs, Affluently Elite – WIAE, Wealthy Influentials (Scottsdale, AZ)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,878,356 (1.61%)
- Median Household Income: $103,357
Affluently Elite (WIAE): “Movers & Shakers is home to America’s up-and-coming business class: a wealthy suburban world of dual-income couples who are highly educated, typically between the ages of 35 and 54 and often with children.
Given its high percentage of executives and white-collar professionals, there’s a decided business bent to this segment:
Movers & Shakers rank number one for owning a small business and having a home office.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Ordered from J.Crew
- Attended NHL games
- Read Inc.
- Watched Saturday Night Live
- Drove a Land Rover Range Rover”
08Y1S2, Executive Suites, 30-44, Couples, Midlife Success, Affluentials, Exurb Society, WIES, Wealthy Influentials (Mission Viejo, CA)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,068,292 (0.91%)
- Median Household Income: $73,951
Exurb Society (WIES): “Executive Suites consists of upper middle class singles and couples typically living just beyond the nation’s beltways.
Filled with significant numbers of Asian Americans and college graduates-both groups are represented at more than twice the national average.
This segment is a haven for white-collar professionals drawn to comfortable homes and apartments within a manageable commute to downtown jobs, restaurants and entertainment.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Shopped at IKEA
- Played racquetball
- Read Wired
- Watched The Office
- Drove an Acura TSX”
11Y1T1, God’s Country, 30-44, Couples, Midlife Success, Landed Gentry, WRMR, Maturing Resorts, Wireless Resorters (Boulder, CO)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,699,924 (1.45%)
- Median Household Income: $83,935
Maturing Resorts (WRMR): “When city dwellers and suburbanites began moving to the country in the 1970s, God’s Country emerged as the most affluent of the nation’s exurban lifestyles.
Today, wealthier communities exist in the hinterlands, but God’s Country remains a haven for upper income couples in spacious homes.
Typically college-educated Baby Boomers, these Americans try to maintain a balanced lifestyle between high-power jobs and laid back leisure.
Lifestyle & Media Traits
- Ordered from zappos.com
- Took golf vacations
- Read Yachting
- Watched Bloomberg Television
- Drove an Audi S6″
12Y1C1, Brite Lites Lil City, 30-44, Couples, Midlife, Second City Society, WIDM Digitally Mobiles, Wealthy Influentials (Santa Fe, NM)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,832,821 (1.57%)
- Median Household Income: $72,461
Digitally Mobiles (WIDM): “Not all of the America’s chic sophisticates live in major metros.
Brite Lights, Li’l City is a group of well-off, middle-aged couples settled in the nation’s satellite cities.
Residents of these typical DINK (double income, no kids) households have college educations, well-paying business and professional careers and swank homes filled with the latest technology.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Shopped at Crate & Barrel
- Participated in fantasy sports
- Read Skiing
- Watched Lost
- Drove a Volkswagen CC“
13F2C1, Upward Bound, 30-44, Couples, Midlife Success, Second City Society, WIDM Digitally Mobiles, Wealthy Influentials (Louisville, CO)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,955,876 (1.67%)
- Median Household Income: $83,651
Digitally Mobiles (WIDM): “More than any other segment, Upward Bound appears to be the home of those legendary Soccer Moms and Dads.
In these small satellite cities, upper-class families boast dual incomes, college degrees and new split-levels and colonials.
Residents of Upward Bound tend to be kid-obsessed, with heavy purchases of computers, action figures, dolls, board games, bicycles and camping equipment.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Ordered from target.com
- Bought toys by Internet
- Read PC Gamer
- Watched The N
- Drove a Toyota Sequoia“
19Y1S2, Home Sweet Home, 30-44, Couples, Midlife Success, Suburbs, Affluentials, WIES Exurb Society, Wealthy Influentials, ( (Irvine, CA)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 2,127,048 (1.82%)
- Median Household Income: $68,185
Exurb Society (WIES): “Widely scattered across the nation’s suburbs, the residents of Home Sweet Home tend to be upper-middle-class married couples living in mid-sized homes with few children.
The adults in the segment, mostly between the ages of 25 and 54, have gone to college and hold professional and white-collar jobs.
With their upscale incomes and small families, these folks have fashioned comfortable lifestyles, filling their homes with toys, TV sets and pets.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Ordered from BarnesandNoble.com
- Bought collectors Items online
- Read Macworld
- Watched Discovery Health Channel
- Drove a Volkswagen Passat”
25Y1T1, Country Casuals, 30-44, Couples, Midlife Success, Landed Gentry, WRPR Premier Resorts, Wireless Resorters (Westwood, CA)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,741,070 (1.49%)
- Median Household Income: $71,235
Premier Resorts (WRPR): “There’s a laid-back atmosphere in Country Casuals, a collection of middle-aged, upper middle-class households that have started to empty-nest.
Workers here-and most households boast two earners-have wellpaying blue- or white-collar jobs, or own small businesses.
Today these Baby-Boom couples have the disposable income to enjoy traveling, owning timeshares and going out to eat.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Shopped at priceline.com
- Did woodworking
- Read Everyday With Rachel Ray
- Watched Great American Country Channel
- Drove Ford F-Series Diesels”
30Y1S3, Suburban Sprawl, 30-44, Singles Midlife, Suburbs, PTIMM Interim Middle Managers (none in knowledge bank)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 1,529,350 (1.31%)
- Median Household Income: $50,584
Interim Middle Managers (PTIMM): “Suburban Sprawl is an unusual American lifestyle: a collection of midscale, middle-aged singles and couples living in the heart of suburbia.
Typically members of the Baby Boom generation, they hold decent jobs, own older homes and condos, and pursue cocooning versions of the American Dream.
Among their favorite activities are jogging on treadmills, playing trivia games and renting videos.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Shopped at FedEx Kinkos
- Sung karaoke
- Read Cycle World
- Watched Scrubs
- Drove a Mazda 6″
37Y1T2, Mayberry-ville, 25-54, Families, Couples, Midlife Success, Country Comfort, WRMR Maturing Resorts, Wireless Resorters (Truckee, CA)
2011 Statistics:
- US Households: 2,756,347 (2.36%)
- Median Household Income: $53,744
Maturing Resorts (WRMR): “Like the old Andy Griffith show set in a quaint picturesque berg, Mayberry-ville harks back to an old-fashioned way of life.
In these small towns, middle-class couples and families like to fish and hunt during the day, and stay home and watch TV at night.
With lucrative blue-collar jobs and moderately priced housing, residents use their discretionary cash to purchase boats, campers, motorcycles and pickup trucks.
Lifestyle & Media Traits:
- Shopped at Sherwin-Williams
- Went hunting with a gun
- Read Bassmaster
- Watched Daytona 500
- Drove a GMC Sierra Diesel”
Will you find a 100% fit?
No.
These lifestyle descriptions are intended to paint a picture of a new neighborhood you’d enjoy, because you share some of the same traits with current residents.
If you plan to relocate, start visiting communities on your short bucket list.
Don’t have a short list yet?
30-Somethings Part Two: 35-54 Families
Steps:
26) If you know the zip code you can discover the lifestyles living in the community. You can compare your profile with theirs to estimate your degree of fit.
27) Estimate how well suited you are for the resorts. Refer to “Profiles-at-a-Glance” comparing 2008-2009 and 2013-2014 for changes in Life Stages – Singles, Couples, Families, Midlife, Empty Nests, Baby Boomers and Seniors; Ages – 20-29, 25-54, 30-44, 45+ 45-65, 55+ and 65+; and mix of Lifestyles in neighborhoods. Does the resort still offer the age, life stage and lifestyle profiles you prefer?