Charts on Money

Report: Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life

Annual Growth Rate of Real Income Across the Family Income Distribution: 1947 to 1973 versus 1973 to 2005
Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Five Years Ago? The Trend Since 1964.
Are You Better Off Than Your Children?
Are You Better Off Than Your Children?
Are You Better Off Than Your Parents?
Are You Better Off Than Your Parents?
As Incomes Rise, So Do Estimates of the Cost of a Middle Class Lifestyle
Comparing the Present to the Past, by Income Group
Composition of the Aggregate Debt-to-Income Ratio: 1983-2004
Debt to Income Ratio
Demographic Characteristics of Middle Income Adults, 1970 and 2006
Demographics by Socioeconomic Class
Differing Priorities of Middle Class Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics
Economic Characteristics by Socioeconomic Class
Government Responsibilities, Through a Partisan Lens
Government Responsibilities, Through a Partisan Lens
Home Ownership Among the Middle Class
How Important is Being Married to the Middle Class?
How Important is Being Married to the Middle Class?
How Important is Being Wealthy to the Middle Class?
How Important is Charity or Volunteering to the Middle Class?
How Important is Charity or Volunteering to the Middle Class?
How Important is Free Time to the Middle Class?
How Important is Having a Successful Career to the Middle Class?
How Important is Having Children to the Middle Class?
How Important is Having Children to the Middle Class?
How Important is Living a Religious Life to the Middle Class?
How Important is Living a Religious Life to the Middle Class?
How the Middle Class Sees The Future
How the Middle Class Sees the Future
How the Middle Class Sees Their Lives
Importance of Being Wealthy, by Class
Importance of Living a Religious Life, by Views on Gay Marriage
Importance of Marriage, by Views of Gay Marriage
Income and Home Ownership
Income Status of Adults, by Age, 1970 and 2006
Income, by Middle Class Occupations
Job Satisfaction
Labor Force Participation Rates of Mothers with Children Under 18: 1975-2005
Life Priorities Vary Little by Class
Life's Priorities: Time Over Money
Mean Ratings of Present Life, by Income Group
Median Household Income, by Income Group, 1969 and 2006
Median Household Income, Unadjusted and Adjusted for Household Size: 1970-2006
Median Household Income: 1970-2006
Median Net Worth of Lower, Middle and Upper Income Families
Median Size of New Single-Family Houses: 1980 to 2006
Middle Class Occupations
Middle Class Priorities, by Age
Middle Class Priorities, by Gender
Middle Class: What Does the Next Five Years Hold for You?
Moving Forward, Backwards and Sideways
Occupation, by Social Class
Percent Difference in Median Weekly Wage of College Graduates and High School Graduates
Percentage Change in Real Median Family Expenditures
Percentage Change in Real Median Household Income, by Decade
Prevalence of Job Worries
Priorities and Values by Socioeconomic Class
Quality of Life and Mobility by Socioeconomic Class
Quality of Life, 1964-2008: The Public Rates Their Present, Past and Future
Ratings for U.S. Economy and Own Financial Situation, 1992-2008
Sales Price of Existing Single-Family Homes and Household Income: 1970 to 2006
Section 1: Does Wealth Come from Hard Work or Good Connections?
Section 1: Intergenerational Mobility: Looking Backward
Section 1: Intergenerational Mobility: Looking Forward
Section 1: Troubled Times…
Section 1: What I Have, What Most People Have
Section 2: Sales Price of Existing Single-Family Homes and Household Income: 1970 to 2006
Section 2: Winners and Losers
Section 2: …And More Trouble is Coming
Share of Married-Couple Households with Two Earners: 1970-2006
The Household Debt Service Ratio: 1980 to 2006
The Importance of Free Time by Age
The Median Debt-to-Asset Ratio
The Middle Class Blues, 1986 and 2008
Total Mortgage Debt and Mean House Prices: 1981 to 2006
Wealth Situation and Attitudes Towards Finances
Which Class Do Republicans Favor?

Report: What Americans Pay For - and How

Debt Problems: Ever Been There?
Marital Discord and Money Matters
Monthly Bill Paying: Click, Check or Cash?
Reasons for Credit Card Use

Report: We Try Hard. We Fall Short. Americans Assess Their Saving Habits

Who Feels Financially Out of Control
Who Worries About Money

Report: Luxury or Necessity?

Luxury vs Necessity

Report: It's Time for Holiday Shopping. Do You Have Your Budget?

Holiday Shopping and Income

Report: Are We Happy Yet?

College Grads Happier
Does Money Buy Happiness?