Middle-class Americans are often described as financially stable, but that label no longer matches how many people actually ...

Concerns about the affordability of education, housing, health care, having a family and retirement are driving economic ...

The American dream of a comfortable retirement is becoming harder to achieve for millions of middle-class workers. Where ...

The comment sections of TikTok’s “middle-class house tours” feature thousands of Americans arguing about what qualifies as middle class in 2025. Viral videos of average homes are sparking comment ...

“Middle class” is often used as a monolithic term. When politicians invoke it, they’re referring to anyone who isn’t wildly wealthy or who wouldn’t classify as financially disadvantaged. But there’s ...

A lot of people believe all they need to do to become wealthy is to earn more money or to save what they do have. This isn’t all that surprising, considering how many people subscribe to the idea that ...

Consider the following four mistakes the middle class made during the Great Depression. Are you making the same ones?

Middle-class people (and especially the wealthy) are subject to much invoking of guilt and shaming. For example, “You’re PRIVILEGED!" The implication is that making a good living doesn’t come mainly ...

Related: Older People Are Recalling The Middle-Class Luxuries From Their Childhood That We Think About Verrrrry Differently ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...