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Median household income in US is $68K (2019) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-census-idUSKBN2662EY https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy
by onecommentman 6y ago
Median household income in US is $68K (2019)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-census-idUSKBN2662EY https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-census-idUSKB...
Median mortgage payment is $1550/mo. 40% of US homes are free of mortgage.
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-mortgage-payment?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-mor...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendarichardson/2019/07/26/nearly-40-of-homes-in-the-us-are-free-and-clear-of-a-mortgage/?sh=77ebca0447c2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendarichardson/2019/07/26/nea...
There are a lot of folks in the US that are just scraping by.
There are a lot more folks with enough disposable income to pursue one of these strategies. Not everybody.
[And this doesn’t include wealth and savings.]
- fsflover 6y agoThe parent did not say "in the US".
- staticman2 6y agoNot sure what Median Mortgage payment tells you without looking at health insurance payment, retirement savings, college saving for kids, college debt, auto payments etc. I would expect a median family with median mortgage to have little money left over if they have children.