The average U.S. credit score is 715, according to FICO's Score Credit Insights, which examined data from April 2025. That's still in the "good" range, but it represents a two-point drop ...

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Only a tiny fraction of Americans have reached the absolute top of the credit-scoring ladder in 2025, but that sliver of consumers tells an outsized story about how the system rewards long-term, ...

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