Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1722arrow-down111cross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
arrow-up1711arrow-down1external-linkHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.comBlaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square149fedilinkcross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 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-squareDoxatek@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 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-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoOh definitely these are national numbers. Even just state by state starts to vary a lot
minus-squareRedditgee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWest Virginia, or something?
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThe heck? A ton of my friends are making like 40k… I guess they’re still within the bell average.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 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)