Median personal has to be close to zero before redistribution payments, for all ages.
It paints a pretty poor picture of what is possible. I met many uneducated immigrants on a fish processing boat in the Bering Sea making 10k a month, a job usually begging for people. They would show me pictures of their wives and children living well.
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-28...