Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy.

New-car showrooms are starting to look less like a middle‑class necessity and more like a luxury boutique. Prices, financing ...

The hollowing out of the middle class has become a bipartisan trope. President Trump’s supporters use this fear of household economic decline to justify his tariffs and industrial policies. Liberals ...

Data now shows that comfortable amenities like gym memberships and rooftop solar panels are no longer as commonplace in the ...

The term middle-class has no precise, widely accepted definition, and, as a result, household income is commonly used as a proxy for middle class status. But, because both the cost of living, and what ...

Think your budget is solid? Discover some key signs that may indicate your middle-class lifestyle might be draining your ...

A new report shows the metro outperforms most of the U.S. on middle-class affordability, but many are still struggling to ...

Earning a household income of $150,000 might sound like a lot, but in many of the biggest cities in the U.S. it still puts you squarely in the middle class. Middle-class households earn between ...

The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling.

In the last 30 years, life has gotten significantly more expensive. As the costs seem to grow endlessly, taking a ride on a time machine to see what it took for a household to qualify as upper middle ...