The chart above (click to enlarge) shows some key demographic characteristics of US households by income quintiles (five equal groups of 25,986 US households) for 2020, using Census Bureau data ...

U.S. household income grew a robust 5.5% last year but it’s expected to increase just 4.25% this year and 4% by 2028, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and Moody’s forecasts.

US households’ inflation-adjusted incomes rose last year for the first time since 2019, yet they still have not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The median income increased 4% last year ...

Middle-income US adults — defined by Gallup here as an annual household income of $40,000 to $99,999 — are also concerned about this. Forty percent of middle-income Americans said they are ...

The Goldman Sachs US Housing Affordability Index is based on three factors — household income, housing prices and mortgage rates. While incomes have been rising, that hasn’t been enough to ...