A stay-at-home mom lists the 16 ways her lower-middle class family experiences life differently from wealthy families. Her honesty offers a true snapshot into the lives of American families today.

The chart above is based on Census Bureau data on “Money Income of Families–Percent Distribution by Income Level, in Constant (2009) Dollars” from 1967 to 2009 (Table 696) for the family ...

As the increasing costs of everyday items continues to outpace your monthly budget, you might be noticing that you are priced out of purchases your parents and previous generations were able to ...

But the lower middle class and the poor and near poor also shrank in size. Together, they fell from 48.2 percent of all households to 36.9 percent, a drop of 11.3 percentage points.

Between ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and ‘The Middle’s final season, Heaton has been on who of the longest-running sitcoms in TV history.

The middle class used to earn the largest slice of the nation's income. It held 62% in 1970, but that share has since fallen to 43%. The lower class, meanwhile, holds 9% of the country's income ...

Socioeconomic status is complex, with blurry lines between classes. However, your lifestyle and wealth-building opportunities often depend heavily on whether you fall into the middle or lower ...

Those whose annual family income is below $40,000 peg the price of admission to the middle class at about $45,000 a year. Those whose family income is above $150,000 say it takes $100,000 a year ...

Lower-middle class Americans nearing retirement age are worse off than their counterparts more than two decades ago, while upper-middle Americans have largely seen their life expectancy and wealth ...

If you are from a lower-middle-class household, navigating what you will and won’t be able to buy in 2025 will be even trickier. Caitlyn Moorhead contributed to the reporting for this article ...