It’s the Bigfoot of the financial world; a perfect credit score. AKA, the highest score a person can get. This mythical and elusive number for the FICO Score is 850. And, for those unaware, FICO ...

Seven of the 10 counties with the highest average credit scores are in one state, according to a Money analysis of data from more than 12,000 U.S. counties. Money; Getty Images In your financial life, ...

In your financial life, few numbers are as important as the three little digits that make up your credit score. Your ZIP code might just be one of them. A new study from Opportunity Insights, a ...

Congratulations -- you've just reached credit score perfection. Now what? Going by the commonly-used FICO® Score system, 850 is the highest credit score possible. That means lenders see you as a very ...

Under the widely used FICO® Score system, the highest credit score you can earn is an 850. According to Motley Fool Money research and Experian data, just 1.76% of Americans have managed to hit that ...

Minnesota residents have the highest average credit score in the country, according to a new report by Motley Fool Money, a personal finance website. The average credit score nationwide for 2025 is ...

A person's credit report tells a story about their childhood. New research, released last month by Harvard's Opportunity Insights, shows that a strong predictor of an adult's bill-paying habits—the ...

Your credit score can impact everything from the rate you get on a mortgage to whether or not you qualify for a credit card. But most people have no idea how their credit score stacks up against ...