@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agoHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1755cross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
arrow-up1755external-linkHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.com@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square166fedilinkcross-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
Oh definitely these are national numbers. Even just state by state starts to vary a lot
West Virginia, or something?
Lmao rural Illinois
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)