# Regret by Age: Who Walks Away Sorriest | sbloan.net

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# Regret by Age: Who Walks Away Sorriest

The same loan lands very differently at 22 and at 62. The gap is wider than we expected.

- **6** — age groups compared
- **25-34** — highest regret age group
- **45.6** — its regret share, %
- **18-24** — lowest regret age group
- **3.6** — gap between oldest and youngest, points

## The numbers

All age bands, averaged across states with at least 20 respondents in the group.

| Age group | Respondents | Would NOT do it again, % | Would do it again, % | Fell into rollovers, % | Median fees paid, $
| 18-24 | 1649 | 29.4 | 22.9 | 33.3 | 50
| 25-34 | 3635 | 45.6 | 30.4 | 45.1 | 66
| 35-44 | 2901 | 37.9 | 29.1 | 40.8 | 63
| 45-54 | 2194 | 35.5 | 28.3 | 35.1 | 52
| 55-64 | 1196 | 32.7 | 25.3 | 34.5 | 51
| 65+ | 472 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 40.6 | 56

## How we counted

- Age groups are self-reported bands.
- Only state-level groups with at least 20 respondents feed the averages.

Data updated 2026-07-31. Full dataset: [data.csv](data.csv).

## Use this research

Free to cite, quote and chart — with attribution. Journalists and researchers are welcome to reuse the table and the dataset.

**Citation:** Sbloan, “Regret by Age: Who Walks Away Sorriest”, 2026. Available at [https://sbloan.net/research/regret-by-age/](https://sbloan.net/research/regret-by-age/)

[Download the PDF report](report.pdf) [Download the data (CSV)](data.csv)