A poll from The Washington Post finds widespread agreement among Americans on what it means to be middle class. But just over a third of U.S. adults have the financial security to meet that definition ...

The concept of being middle class in America has shifted dramatically. What used to guarantee a comfortable lifestyle now barely covers basic expenses in many areas. With rising costs, changing ...

Florida is hard to define in and of itself, let alone when it comes to its spectrum of income levels. The Floridian lifestyle can range from retired beach bum to nightclub owner, and in that economic ...

That said, the shifts in middle-class household income requirements have not been the same in every state. In some states, the household income range of the middle class hasn’t increased quite as much ...