Across the country, middle-class Americans are discovering that expenses their parents treated as routine milestones now feel ...

Moving up the financial ladder doesn’t always look the way people expect. According to a 2024 Gallup Poll, 54% of Americans self-identify as middle class. Going from middle class to upper middle class ...

Most Americans think they’re middle class, even when the numbers tell a different story. The rising cost of living and shrinking benefits have shifted what it means to be "middle class." It's no ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jeremy Horpedahl's name. America’s middle class is spooked about the economy. Consumer confidence has been falling for most of ...

The middle class forms the backbone of America’s housing market. But what would actually happen if they simply stopped buying homes? I asked ChatGPT to map out the scenario, and the AI painted a ...

(Stacker) - For middle-class Americans, the dream has long been a life of reasonable comfort—a stable home, the ability to save enough money to retire, and enough left over for periodic splurges like ...

ChatGPT started with the basics. In 1971, about 61% of American adults lived in middle-income households. By 2021, that number had dropped to 50%. That’s a massive shift in just 50 years. But the ...

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. In the U.S., ...