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.

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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 ...

Only then was I ready to meet a real lower-middle-class white American family. My subjects are the Golicksons, Steve and Susie and their three sons, Tyler, Taylor and Tucker.

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

As the increasing costs continue to outpace your monthly budget, you might be noticing that you are generally priced out of purchases your parents and previous generations were able to make at ...

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 ...