The True Cost of Being Middle Class in America

New data from SmartAsset shows that there is a nearly $100,000 disparity between household incomes required to be considered middle class in cities across the United States. The data was compiled using the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey and compared the top and bottom thresholds of the middle class across 100 cities, along with the across all fifty states. The west coast dominated the list of wealthiest cities for the middle class, with California cities taking four of the top 10 spots, Arizona cities taking three, and Washington claiming one. Americans facing rising inflation have become nostalgic for prices from just two years ago.