CreditNinja reports Joplin, Missouri, leads cities for middle-class families, offering low living costs, high employment, and safety.

This has been a year of financial uncertainty — grocery prices continue to spiral upward, rent and mortgages are up and the looming threat of tariffs seem to portend greater cost of living (at least ...

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You're pulling in six figures. By any standard, that should mean comfort, security, maybe even a little luxury. Yet somehow, ...

Kansas City's skyline is seen behind Washington Square Park, near Union Station and Crown Center. Tammy Ljungblad [email protected] Who’s actually a part of Missouri’s middle class? A new study ...

New Mayor Mary Sheffield was just sworn in and is looking to build on Detroit's success, but there are also plenty of ...

Building enough homes that middle-income residents can afford may not be called the “holy grail of housing,” but maybe it should be. In recent years, plenty of state legislation, local ordinances and ...

MANKATO — A jolt of Starbucks late in 2023 stirred up hilltop Mankato homeowners who were upset about the transformation of their middle-class neighborhood. Even as the City Council approved the ...

At first glance, it might not look like there are that many differences between upper middle class homes and middle class homes. Both can be quite extravagant-looking and lavish, but compared to upper ...

The middle class forms the backbone of America’s housing market. But what would actually happen if they simply stopped buying homes? I asked ChatGPT to map out the scenario, and the AI painted a ...

For many middle-class Americans, the dream of homeownership can feel out of reach. With rising home prices and mortgage rates, it’s easy to feel as if the goal of owning a home is slipping further ...