Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1669arrow-down19cross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
arrow-up1660arrow-down1external-linkHomes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average Americanwww.cbsnews.comBlaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Personal Finance@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square159fedilinkcross-posted to: finance@beehaw.org
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year 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-up0·1 year 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
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