The Relative Happiness Of Income
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U.S. Median Household Income In 2018 Sets Another Record
It’s that time of year, the Census Bureau just released the official income statistics for 2018 a few weeks back. In 2018 the median household income in America was $63,200, the highest figure ever. From 2017 to 2018, inflation-adjusted median...
Find Out If Your Neighborhood Is Getting Richer Or Poorer
Is your Census tract getting richer or poorer? Well great news readers, I found just the mapping tool to tell you. The University of Minnesota Law School’s Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity has a nifty interactive map that shows areas that...
What’s the Economic Vitality Of Your Home County?
The folks at the Hamilton Project have done it again with a great financial mapping resource. I highlighted a slick tool from them last year that maps out salary data for 320 different occupations across the country. Now they have...
How Much Does Your State Rely On Federal Aid?
It’s well known that some states tax their residents at a much higher rate than others. The reasons behind each states respective tax rate are of course very complex. One contributing factor that many do not consider is how much...
U.S. Median Income Map Animation From 1985 – 2017
My geography based income reports are some of the more popular posts on my blog. People tend to identify with place, and let’s face it, maps are just plain cool. They reveal patterns and things unseen. Especially when they’re showing...
Poverty, Bubbles, And The Line
I sat there in the passenger seat of my buddy Don’s car. He was in the drivers seat but we weren’t going anywhere. We just sat, drunk off our asses in the parking lot of a strip club in Baltimore. ...
Are Stagnant Middle Class Wages a Myth?
*Note – I wrote this post just before the Census Bureau released the official 2017 Median Household Income Numbers. I may update these numbers in the future to reflect the 2017 data. You can find my post on the new...
Median Household Income In America Tops $60,000
Official median household income data for 2017 has finally been released. The Census Bureau American Community Survey data for 2017 shows the median household income for 2017 was $61,372, an increase of 1.8 percent. This equates to an increase of $1,492 for a...
States That Tax Six Figure Incomes At A Higher Rate
This post is for you high income earners, or those who aspire to be. So this post is for pretty much everyone still working, I hope. In the U.S. the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 set new marginal...
The Income Gap To Affordable Housing
One of the biggest decisions you can make financially is whether to buy a home or not. Additionally, where you live will have a huge effect on whether affordable housing is available and on how much you make in your...
Yes Frugality Matters, Stop The Nonsense
I’ve seen a lot of chatter and complaints in the blogosphere recently about frugality. “Everyone writes about spending less” and “spending less isn’t really the most important factor, it’s about earning more”. Or “Frugality is oversold in regards to financial...
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