For decades, the middle class almost always had the ability to afford high-ticket purchases and splurge from time to time.

All too often, middle-class Americans in their forties have a number in their head, and a number in their bank account, and ...

For many middle-class Americans, kids, marriage, and even a car now feel harder to afford. What that shift could mean for ...

The U.S. economy is increasingly dividing into two distinct realities, with affluent Americans fueling a luxury boom while ...

The middle class is hollowing out; Americans overall are increasingly falling short financially while a few are getting ...

A Pew Research study found about 51% of Americans were living in middle-class households in 2023, down from 61% in 1971. But some states are seeing middle-class households rake in bigger bucks.

About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent available government data. Roughly three-in-ten (28%) were in ...

A six-figure income used to be shorthand for "rich." Now, it's barely enough to get by in many parts of the country.

Soaring living costs, inflation and shifting finances are quietly reshaping what middle-class families can afford ...

This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

The American middle class is facing the biggest hit to its wealth in a generation going into the midterm election, although it is also entering the vote richer than it has ever been thanks to a decade ...