@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agoHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1718cross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
arrow-up1718external-linkHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.com@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square121fedilinkcross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish19•9 months agoIt’s worse than the headline says. The study set 71k as the average US income for a single person… Which is the official household number. The actual single income average is 50-60k.
minus-square@Doxatek@mander.xyzcakelinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoThis still seems high to me, damn. In my town average household income is 30k lol. Even surrounding “nice” towns aren’t that much higher I guess there’s places where people must make so much money
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoOh definitely these are national numbers. Even just state by state starts to vary a lot
minus-square@SendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoThe heck? A ton of my friends are making like 40k… I guess they’re still within the bell average.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoOh that’s the fun part. Everyone discusses mean and median. Mode is in the 35-40 range last I tracked it down. (it wasn’t easy to find and I have my theories about why)
It’s worse than the headline says. The study set 71k as the average US income for a single person…
Which is the official household number. The actual single income average is 50-60k.
This still seems high to me, damn. In my town average household income is 30k lol. Even surrounding “nice” towns aren’t that much higher
I guess there’s places where people must make so much money
West Virginia, or something?
Lmao rural Illinois
Oh definitely these are national numbers. Even just state by state starts to vary a lot
The heck? A ton of my friends are making like 40k… I guess they’re still within the bell average.
Oh that’s the fun part. Everyone discusses mean and median. Mode is in the 35-40 range last I tracked it down. (it wasn’t easy to find and I have my theories about why)