A Newsweek map shows which U.S. region has seen the highest increase in median household income—and the Midwest came out top. The U.S. Census Bureau has released a report on its estimates of income, ...

Pretty cool: a map that visualizes income inequality using Manhattan as a scale. This appeared on the third issue of n+1’s Occupy! gazette. Maria Popova has an explanation: The graphic is inspired by ...

While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

Bilingual sign on door of frozen food aisle, We accept SNAP food stamp cards, Walgreens, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The richest 1% of ...

College towns increasingly attract new residents as they offer ample job opportunities, cultural events and lower home prices than city averages, but there may be a dark side to life in these ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

AMES, Iowa – Job growth in the retail and service sector has not matched the wages of manufacturing and other middle-skill level jobs lost over the past decade in Iowa. The difference has contributed ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

Market income inequality in Japan has been on a steady rise since the 1980s, and is now close to the OECD average. Gross and disposable income inequality, on the other hand, have risen much less but ...