Depending on where you live, what's considered a middle income may not actually afford you a middle class lifestyle.
Still, over half of U.S. adults self-identify as middle class or upper-middle class, according to a 2024 Gallup Poll.
The organization defines middle class as income between two-thirds and double the national median household income, after incomes have been adjusted for household size.
Middle income residents make up 65% of the population in Dover, Delaware — the largest share of over 200 metropolitan areas Pew analyzed.
There, you need to earn between $36,292 and $108,876 a year to be considered middle class.
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Pew Research, Pew, . Census, American, Survey
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U.S, Dover , Delaware