Yes, but just be choosy and stick to your boundaries.
I am a similar age and situation (although with a grown up child) and have been in a relationship for a good few years now. But we are well matched. He doesn't have children, we both appear to have a similar amount of disposable income, both home owners, although he does still have a mortgage. Both free of drama, awful exes having around, batty family members or any other undesirable things. Both very mentally stable. Both also independent and can manage or organise everything ourselves, but do of course help and support each other.
We don't live together though, nor have any desire to do so. We see each other a few times a week, we travel together a few times a year, a mix of UK/short haul/long haul. But we each have our own space, our own interests, we both travel independently or with our own friends and family. It's the perfect balance really.
You don't have to date someone awful or with baggage. You don't have to live with anyone. Just have the relationship you want with the person you want, as long as you both want the same thing. Relationships don't have to follow a set path or dynamic dictated by society.
You don't have to look at dinosaurs either! My partner is younger than me (not by loads!)