Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Unless, you are truly a 1%-er. We are all the same people. Work, bills, mortage, etc. There is no "class" to me. You are either uber wealthy or work like everybody else.
According to the MsN article,I only match 1.
Somethings in Nj we have no control over,like car insurance,property taxes,and so on.
You are going to need a lot more than 85,000 yearly salary to buy a home in Nj.
Where is someone making that going to find decent housing in North Jersey?
According to the MsN article,I only match 1.
Somethings in Nj we have no control over,like car insurance,property taxes,and so on.
You are going to need a lot more than 85,000 yearly salary to buy a home in Nj.
Where is someone making that going to find decent housing in North Jersey?
where i live. you can find something for low 200's. high ranked schools, blah blah blah
Unless, you are truly a 1%-er. We are all the same people. Work, bills, mortage, etc. There is no "class" to me. You are either uber wealthy or work like everybody else.
for me, i dont think i will feel rich until at least i can retire and live off my savings and be able to afford everything i may want to spend money on. so i think as long as im working, i wont feel rich. even though i know thats not the real definition and shouldnt be. its more about "feeling" rich.
According to the MsN article,I only match 1.
Somethings in Nj we have no control over,like car insurance,property taxes,and so on.
You are going to need a lot more than 85,000 yearly salary to buy a home in Nj.
Where is someone making that going to find decent housing in North Jersey?
According to the MSN article, I check off all nine.
NJ: $200K = middle class for a family of 2 with a couple of kids. $500K + = upper middle class. $750K + = wealthy.
Hardly. I already posted the actual numbers for median income by county. If you live in the highest income county in the state, the median household income is $100k.
Hardly. I already posted the actual numbers for median income by county. If you live in the highest income county in the state, the median household income is $100k.
middle class is $200K? that's laughable. boy is our perception skewed (or our perception of needs -vs- wants). (sorry, is this not directed at you NJGOAT but who posted that).
middle class is $200K? that's laughable. boy is our perception skewed (or our perception of needs -vs- wants). (sorry, is this not directed at you NJGOAT but who posted that).
Understood and I totally agree. Since the debate is still ongoing, let's put some more real numbers into it. This site breaks down the income levels of all people in NJ. They express by "all households", "family households" and "nonfamily households". Since most seem to be focused on families, here are the numbers for family households. I took the liberty to group them tighter on the bottom end for ease...
I would say that a "middle class family in NJ" ranges from $50k on the lower end to $150k on the higher end with 51% of NJ families falling into that range. Mean income is $106k.
The main link also allows you to view it by county. Here is the same as above for Hunterdon, the county with the highest income levels in the state:
Based on that I would say that a "middle class family in Hunterdon" ranges from $75k on the low end to $200k on the high end. With 51% of families in Hunterdon falling into that range. Mean income is $140k.
I know people don't like real numbers, instead prefering to debate their opinion, but there they are.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
