SpendSpace - who is compared?

[jdub]

When I select a city in SpendSpace, where is the data coming from? Does that include ONLY other Mint users? Or are you getting this data from some other source?

[MintProduct]

jdud, only other Mint users, in aggregate, no individuals.

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[bdentzy]

I would be interested to see additional demographic information collected so that I can know that I am comparing my spending to people in similar situations.

That is...number of people in household for starters. Number under 5 years, between 5 & 13, number between 13 & 18, etc.

This information, in aggregate, would help me understand where my financial situation puts me compared to those who are similarly placed in life.

[mburdsall]

I agree that it would be nice for Mint to collct my general demographics and then compare to a similar group. Demographic attributes I would like to understand include:

1. Age of main income earner
2. Size of household
3. income of household

[janie_super@yahoo.com]

i would like to see at least the size of the household. i would also like to see how many mint users are in my demographic. sometimes i think that my spending behaviors are pushing the pattern around and it makes me look like im going with the average, but i may be one of 3 people in my city using mint.:p

[adamkiryk]

At this point, the SpendSpace comparisons are useless to me, since my account represents a family of four and the SpendSpace data is aggregated from all Mint users regardless of family size.