Credit Trends
Our Credit Trends show you how you compare to other Credit Karma members. See where you stand and compare credit scores by state, age and email domain. While these comparisons are fun, they’re also an interesting way to gauge the overall credit health of Credit Karma members.
Our lives are full of numbers: phone numbers, social security numbers, birthdates, lottery numbers, lucky numbers... the list goes on. But no number says more about us than our favorite: the credit score.
Our credit score speaks of our creditworthiness, gives potential lenders a peek into our credit history, and even predicts our financial future. However, recent correlations have been drawn between credit scores and other factors saying more about us than we'd ever imagined. Here are a few examples:
According to the Insurance Information Institute, drivers with lower credit scores file 40% more claims than drivers at the higher end of the credit scale.
Forget red and blue states. Certain states also have higher credit scores than others. The Dakotas and Wisconsin lead the country while Texas and Nevada have the lowest average credit scores.
We found another intriguing credit score correlation: email address domains. Based on a sample of more than 400,000 credit scores, our data shows that there is a difference of average scores based on what email service users prefer. Interestingly, BellSouth users came out the top with a higher average, while AOL and Yahoo users had the lowest average credit scores.
What does it all mean? Not much. Switching email providers certainly won't increase or decrease your credit score. However, it seems true that people with a certain score are more likely to use a particular email provider. Why this happens is probably due to some demographic skew which then carries to the email domain. But that's not the point, we just thought it was interesting.
1 Person Helped
I have Yahoo,Google and bellsouth e mail accounts. How does that rate?? LOL
2 People Helped
BellSouth and Comcast are fee based...meaning they are from your internet service provider. yahoo and AOL are free...If you're too broke to pay for an email address imagine what your credit looks like!
869 People Helped
This data is certainly for entertainment purposes only. Email addresses have no correlation to your credit. My brother has FICO's in the 800's & doesn't even have a computer!
He calls me to look up where local club driving events are being held. I have the guy call him. haha
11 People Helped
I would love to know the ages of the account holders this information is based off of. Personally, I have an email account with 5 out of the 7 providers listed, and am 35 with a current score of 741(ck). I was out of the "credit loop" for a while because my husband is in the military and we move around so much that I haven't had a job (or credit account of any kind, really) since 1999. I really think age has a lot to do with these numbers....
3 People Helped
I would think the ability to pay is what is really shown with this comparison. In most cases if you have a Comcast or Bellsouth email account you have the ability to pay for broadband services, which in turn means more disposable income and more ability to manage debt responsibly.
18 People Helped
I have yahoo and have an excellent credit score. Not everyone on yahoo is low.

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17 People Helped
Gmail targets savvy users. I guess people that are computer savvy are also credit savvy.
3 People Helped
Only old people use the email that comes with their internet provider and as the other chart shows old people have on average a higher score.
8 People Helped
I think I need to change my email carrier. I presently use Yahoo and my score is definately higher than thier average.
8 People Helped
I used yahoo email since the 90s, even before google exist, my score is 735. I think the email comparison is interesting but no facts what so ever in the numbers.
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