What feels fancy depends on what you grew up with. Some stores feel like luxury to lower-middle-class shoppers, but many ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...

A lot of people think the U.S. middle class is shrinking. But as of 2022, a good 52% of Americans lived in a middle-class household, says Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, 28% of Americans are part of ...

As humans, we like to make sense of things by categorizing them. We even categorize ourselves into "classes," which makes little to no sense in the real world. If you've ever wondered which income ...

If you grew up in an upper middle class household, you've likely taken one or more of these experiences for granted. Considering the number of American families considered to fall into the middle ...

Those striving to break into the upper class have quite the journey ahead. Making it into this elite echelon of financial status isn't just about earning the big bucks, but rather a total mindset ...

Having money or being “upper class” is about much more than the money in your bank account. According to a study from the British Journal of Social Psychology, our socioeconomic status plays a role in ...