About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent available government data. Roughly three-in-ten (28%) were in ...

What determines who is in the middle class? The number of Americans who are in the middle class has declined in recent years, according to the Pew Research Center. From 1971 to 2023, the share of ...

Gina Young is an accomplished finance writer who has written for publications including SuperMoney, Examiner, Lexington Law, Talk Markets, and CreditRepair.com. Throughout her career in finance, Gina ...

It's no secret that the American middle class has been steadily shrinking: in the past 50 years, the share of Americans living in middle-class households dropped from 61% to 52% between 1971 and 2024, ...

Spoiler alert: It costs much more in 2025 to be considered “middle class” than it did in 1990. And that makes sense, given that both wages and the cost of living have increased significantly over the ...

How much does a household have to make to be considered upper middle class? The answer varies widely depending on where you live, according to a recent study conducted by personal finance site ...

Michael Sullivan appears to know just about everyone who works at Boston's South Station, from train conductors and ticket agents to the people fielding questions at the information desk. "How are you ...