When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one survey.

Geography now defines middle-class life as much as income does.Shrinking middle class numbers reveal deeper shifts in how Americans define stability.Budgeting realistically, diversifying income, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dennis Hallinan / Getty Images In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons ...

Your social class, along with the money you have in your savings account, can be an indicator of certain criteria for your socioeconomic status; however, it acts as more than a simple metric to ...

What is considered middle class? It might take more money than you think to reach this income tier. The Pew Research Center defines middle class, or middle-income households, as those with incomes ...

In recent decades, researchers have identified a dramatic nationwide shift: The American middle-class family is struggling. The middle class is a social group that is defined mainly by income. A 2024 ...

The difference between wealthy people today and the upper middle class in the 90s is the wealth gap. In the 90s, more people could afford some of the basic status symbols they sought out in their ...

While the average middle-class income has increased slightly over the past decade, a great deal of their expenses, from healthcare to groceries, rent, and transportation, have become more expensive ...

In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The median U.S. household income was $21,020, enough to buy a modest home, a ...