With so many forces increasing the cost of living, making ends meet is hard enough. In one New Jersey city, the wealth gap isn't quite so wide.

The term ‘middle class’ is something that has become more difficult to define. People become curious about where they fall in the socioeconomic ladder and the middle class seems to fit their ...

Ohio's middle-class income range is lower compared to the Northeastern United States and other Midwest states like Minnesota ...

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 ...

According to SmartAsset’s study of U.S. Census Bureau data, Delaware’s middle-class income range is $54,235 and $162,722. The ...

Many people are feeling squeezed in today’s economy, with the prospect of affording college and a house, as well as saving for retirement, feeling further out of reach. But is the middle class ...

To define the middle class solely by income range is weak and unreliable, because there are just too many other variables to consider.

Consumer confidence has been falling for most of the past year. On a closely watched index, consumer sentiment sagged to 55.4 ...