Curious where your income falls? Here's how upper, middle, and lower class incomes break down using Census data analyzed by Motley Fool Money.

When it comes to your personal finances, you might think you know exactly where you stand on the economic ladder, but the reality of American income classes might surprise you. Whether you consider ...

I care about economic inequality. I teach a class on it. I wrote a book about it. Yet, recently, two different arguments have popped up with a seemingly similar conclusion: economic inequality hasn’t ...

According to the Pew Research Center, 8-in-10 registered voters say the economy will be very important to their vote in the 2024 presidential election. The state of the economy and inflation are the ...

The median income of all middle-class households, regardless of household size, was $90,131 in 2020, according to the latest available data from Pew Research Center. While middle-class income levels ...

Middle-class life in the United States has always been defined less by a single number and more by a bundle of expectations: a stable home, a reliable car, some savings, and a shot at college for the ...

AMES, Iowa – Job growth in the retail and service sector has not matched the wages of manufacturing and other middle-skill level jobs lost over the past decade in Iowa. The difference has contributed ...

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 ...