I took this little survey in the Washington Post that takes into account your income, number of dependents, and region of the country you live in, and it tells me that I am officially and totally middle class. I’m right smack in the center of the arbitrarily defined boundaries that delimit “middle class” — and that the way I got to this point was by getting rid of those pesky kids who were holding me back. Fifteen years ago, I discovered, I was way down deep in lower middle class territory. Your household has a middle-class income, and you have the financial security associated with the middle class. Rural Minnesota is an inexpensive place to live, and you would still be considered middle income anywhere in the country.

Source: The Guardian June 06, 2023 12:25 UTC