Earlier this week I wrote about ALICE households, and how the profile of an ALICE household is changing. People have a lot of misconceptions about…
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A recent update by the United Way of Michigan shows an increase in the number of households classified as asset-limited, income-constrained, employed (ALICE) between 2021…
A new St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank analysis of second-quarter earnings and expenditure data show that factors like age, education, demographic and gender modify the…
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the weekly median earnings of US salaried and hourly workers in the second quarter. The composite median…
Last week, ABC News ran a story about a Montana town that’s facing an existential crisis. Seeley Lake, a long-time lumber producer in Missoula County…
I’m not sure what the London Daily Mail has against Ann Arbor, but Treetown is on the tabloid’s no-go list for climate change refugees. The…
Earlier this year, HomeSnacks, a Raleigh, NC-based data analysis firm, identified the 10 best Michigan cities for singles. I won’t argue with whatever data they…
According to data the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis collects, the median home size of houses for sale in June 2024 in Washtenaw…
A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition uses US Census Bureau data to calculate the wages required to rent a “modest” two-bedroom…
Earlier today, the Washington Post printed an analysis of how people have spent their money over the last 50 years. Using data from the Bureau…