Curious where your income falls? Here's how upper, middle, and lower class incomes break down using Census data analyzed by Motley Fool Money.

When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one survey.

“Middle class” is often used as a monolithic term. When politicians invoke it, they’re referring to anyone who isn’t wildly wealthy or who wouldn’t classify as financially disadvantaged. But there’s ...

The share of middle class Americans has fallen in the last 50 years. And while most (51%) are still middle class, according to the Pew Research Center, it makes sense to question how those classes are ...

The term “upper class” evokes images of wealth and privilege. But what does it truly mean in terms of income? While there’s no definitive line, households in the top 20% of earners are generally ...

You will need to make at least $160,000 in three states to be considered upper-middle class.

As an upper-class retiree, you have a more comfortable lifestyle than your middle- and lower-class peers. Here are five signs ...

“Second, the middle class represents a segment of society that bridges the gap between the poor and the wealthy, serving as a stabilizing force in economic and political systems.

While affluent children worried about which extracurriculars looked best on college applications, we were calculating whether ...

While the average middle-class income has increased slightly over the past decade, a great deal of their expenses, from healthcare to groceries, rent, and transportation, have become more expensive ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...