Only 37 states recorded income gains after accounting for inflation.

The typical annual income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington, D.C.

Motio Research reports their initial estimate of U.S. median household income for March 2026 is $88,310. This value represents a $680 (or 0.8%) increase from the firm's initial estimate of $87,630 for ...

In 1950 the median home price in the United States was $7,400 — only 2.5 times the median annual household income. For decades afterward, as incomes rose, home prices grew only slightly faster. In ...

Americans’ median household income rose to $87,460, or 2.6%, in 2025, the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. This is the highest ...

Americans still need to earn nearly $110,000 a year to comfortably afford the typical home for sale in the United States, even as housing affordability has shown modest signs of improvement over the ...

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Home Ownership Affordability Monitor, the national median household income was $85,828 in March 2026. This figure compares with Motio Research's ...

Compare the cost of living across all 50 states, highlighting housing affordability and income disparities, to understand ...

Homeownership costs have crossed a threshold that the Federal Reserve has never recorded before, and interest rates are only part of the story. Here is what the numbers reveal about who gets squeezed ...

New Jersey residents, Americans still need to earn nearly $110,000 a year to comfortably afford the typical home for sale in the United States, even as housing affordability has shown modest signs of ...