Defining yourself within the American middle classes can be tricky as it depends on everything from where you live to how you live. Your social class is determined by a variety of factors and can ...

What does it mean to be rich? Poor? Somewhere in between? That was the idea behind a recent analysis from GoBankingRates.com that looked at how much you’d have to earn to be above the below but below ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

The income needed to be considered middle class varies dramatically depending on which state you live in, according to new research. The Pew Research Center found about half of U.S. adults live in a ...

Do you consider yourself to be middle class? The definition of America's middle class is not totally clear; however, the Pew Research Center defines the middle class as those whose household income is ...

The middle class, or middle-income households, are those with incomes that are two-thirds to double the U.S. median household income, says the Pew Research Center. As of 2025, the median household ...