A gap of at least $40,000 sits between the high end of the middle class and the low end of the top 5%, according to a new study from GOBankingRates.

Real estate is full of jargon. It’s getting even harder to decipher as trends change and the market evolves to reflect the growing housing shortage. The News & Observer put together a two-minute guide ...

Defining yourself as being within the American middle class can be tricky, as it depends on everything from where you live to how you live. Your social class in the U.S. includes many factors and can ...

According to the Pew Research Center, middle-class households are those earning between two-thirds to double the median household income in an area. The upper middle class refers to the top 20% of ...

Upper-middle-class status has always been a moving target, but in 2025 the bar has shifted higher and become more dependent on where you live. A salary that once felt aspirational can now be barely ...

SAN JOSE (KRON) — As defined by median household income, the middle class in some Bay Area cities is simply off the charts. A new study by the personal finance website Go Bank Rates, finds that among ...

In 1988, the typical American adult was 40 years old, white and married, with a high school diploma. If he was a man, he probably worked full time. If she was a woman, she probably didn’t. Twenty-five ...

Lower-income and middle-class households saw their net worth increase at a faster rate than their higher-income peers early in the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Pew Research Center report ...

Median household income numbers offer a good measure of how American families are faring economically — and for the first time in years, many U.S. households saw a drop in earnings, based on recently ...

To the editor: Among the reasons economist Brad Schiller says the middle class is not in fact shrinking is that since there are millions of upwardly-mobile young people, newly single parents or ...

Defining yourself within the American middle classes can be tricky. Your social class is based on more than just your salary; it depends on everything from where you live to how you live. Find Out: ...

Facing a housing shortfall, high prices and rising mortgage rates, first-time buyers are rethinking the ‘starter home.’ Real estate is full of jargon. It’s getting even harder to decipher as trends ...