Are you in the middle class? Looking to settle down maybe buy a home?
if so keep watching What is going on everyone? Welcome back
to the world according to briggs let's take a look at the best states to
be in the middle class in case you didn't see the worst states for the
middle class video let me recap what is considered the
middle class pew research defines the middle class as
people earning between two-thirds and double the median household income
in the united states which in 2019 was 61 000 this means that the category
of middle income is made up of people making somewhere
between 42 000 and 123 000 in 2019.
do you fall into the middle class in the 1970s 61 percent of the united states
adults were living in the middle class as of 2019
50 of us are the middle class is shrinking
the states on this list offer you the best chances to stay
in the middle class or even move up and out of the middle class you know
the right direction not down like in the last video
all right let's take a look number 10 wisconsin wisconsin is one of
the top five states to raise a family year over year it's always in the top
five this entire state is sort of family orientated and people never leave
wisconsin has this strange thing where they
are the state with the lowest percentage of born and raised residents
migrating outwards they just don't leave here wisconsin has a lot of good things
going for it that makes people stay and not all of them include cheese
the five year change in middle class income in
wisconsin is up one percent that doesn't sound like a big deal i get it but keep
in mind some of the worst states declined 10 to
almost 15 percent the high school graduation rate in
wisconsin is 90 percent great place to you know get an education
the in-state tuition fees are not that bad
the 2019 to 2020 year it's about nine thousand dollars some states are above
fifteen thousand just for a year of school number nine
south carolina south carolina became the eighth state to ratify the us
constitution on may 23 1788 it also became the first
state to vote in favor of succession from the union on december 20th
1860. these days it's a great place to be for the middle class
one thing about south carolina in the last decade it's become a place for
opportunity if you like the south warm summers and
really nice beaches south carolina is a good choice and if
you've ever dreamed about the united states splitting in two again they'll
probably be the first state to green light the idea
the five-year change in middle class income households is
up 3.6 so they're gaining where a lot of states are either
even or declining the high school graduation rate here
is 85 solid not bad the median listing price for a home in south carolina is
249 thousand dollars meaning you gotta have roughly fifty thousand dollars
for a down payment you're twenty percent so that's not terrible
home ownership in south carolina is really high it's like seventy five
percent actually seventy four point one percent so it's
pretty high compared to other states where it's
barely 50 percent number eight north carolina north carolina was once
combined with south carolina to form a single
territory and it was also one of the original 13 colonies it became the 12th
state in 1879 and it also sent the most troops to
fight in the civil war part of the confederacy and then later
on we decided to let them back in that was 1868 north carolina has always
been a great state for the middle class or
lower class and they got nascar yeah it's a thing
the tar heel state is a state that's expected to see a lot of growth
post pandemic so we'll see how that one works out the five year change in middle
class income households is two percent it's
raised two percent that's good high school graduation rate is 89
now you could go to college here for pretty cheap the in-state tuition
for 2019-2020 is about seven thousand dollars
that's not bad if you're looking to buy a home the median home
listing price is 275 000 which means your
down payment's got to be somewhere around 54 55
000 definitely not a bad place to live number seven ohio ohio like so many
other places in this part of the country was
first settled by french fur traders it later became a british colony in 1754
after the french and indian war great britain gave ohio to the us
after they got their butts handed to him in the revolutionary war so it's been
handed around a little bit the buckeye state was incorporated into a territory
in 1787 and ohio became the 17th state in 1803 which
kind of shocks me i thought they were one of the early ones but i
guess i was totally wrong i don't know how that one slipped by me
the five-year change in middle-class income households is 1.2 percent which
is solid their high school graduation rate is
better than i thought it was going to be it's 86 the in-state tuition is a little
bit high about 11 000 but you kind of get a sweet
deal when it comes to housing the median home listing price is 177
000 that's pretty low the cost of your 20
mortgage down payment is gonna be a little over thirty five thousand dollars
the average monthly mortgage payment in ohio is
880 that's nice number six arkansas i've given arkansas
a hard time on a lot of videos in the past
mostly because the state it's just wrecked with poverty in a lot of
different areas that may not be like a forever
thing for arkansas arkansas is showing some promise and
hardly anyone makes marrying your first cousin jokes anymore if the northwest
corner of arkansas is any indication of the future of the
natural state things are looking a lot better fayetteville rogers and
springdale are not acting like arkansas cities they have jobs good
schools educated people and hardworking people the five-year
change in the middle class income households is up just under three
percent which is solid and arkansas has a 90
percent graduation rate that's phenomenal you don't expect that from
them their in-state tuition only nine grand a year now here's where
they really shine the median home listing price is just
under 180 000 that's not bad that means your down
payment's got to be somewhere around 35 000 a little bit over and the property
tax is .63 in arkansas yeah like i said it could be
so much worse arkansas is looking better all the time
number five tennessee at number five we have volunteer state tennessee
if you stay out of memphis tennessee is a solid choice for anyone looking to
start a new life you have knoxville nashville and
chattanooga to choose from really unless you go to a smaller
town i like chattanooga if you ever visit there go to the tennessee aquarium
it's one of the best aquariums i've ever seen
knoxville is probably a good place for families and they got a lot of work
there if you're younger maybe nashville
nashville always reminds me of where people end up because they didn't
have enough gas to get all the way to austin texas but it's a solid place for
the middle class the five-year change in middle-class
income households is 2.09 that's good high school graduation rate
is 91 and it costs about 10 000 a year to go
to school there the median home list price is 255
000 which means you need about 51 000 to slap down for that 20 mortgage down
payment all in all tennessee's start to become a very
popular place and it's not just the upper class people that are looking to
move here actually they're not it's middle class people number four
florida and the sunshine state makes it onto a
list and we're not even talking about hurricanes
that's amazing florida's very interesting state to someone like me i
pour over stats about states and cities every freaking day they
always seem to be on the list for both good and bad it's weird so i
could do five videos about positive stuff about states
and for some reason more often than not florida seems like they're on that list
then i can turn around do five negative videos of different stats and they
always seem to be there too they never seem to be in the middle
they however are a great place for the middle class they have some great cities
and a lot of good blue-collar jobs throughout the state they also have
solid middle class stats the five-year change in middle class
income households has risen 1.7 high school graduation rate isn't
the best it's only 82 percent but you know these days anything over 80 to
me is a win the in-state tuition and fees for 2019-2020 school year is
only 6 300 that's amazing the median home
list price is about three hundred thousand two hundred and ninety six
thousand it's a little bit up there and it's
gonna make your mortgage down payment around
60 grand but what gets them on the list is they're increasing
and it's dirt cheap to go to a college there in most cases obviously private
schools can be a little bit different but the state ones are
pretty cheap compared to other states number three
missouri missouri became a u.s territory as part of the louisiana purchase
in 1803 and a year later lewis and clark rolled through
st louis to explore the rest of what would soon be our country
and they were never seen or heard from again just kidding
they found the pacific ocean and we're back like two years later the show me
state has always been a state that prides itself on hard work and being
down to earth this is an amazing state has a lot of
good things going for it especially last couple years things are getting better
i mean unless you're in st louis missouri is a great place for the middle
class this is a nice place to buy a home send
your kids to school as long as like i said you're not doing
that in st louis the five year change on middle class
income is point five percent increase so they're
doing a little bit better not as good as some of the other ones on here their
high school graduation rate again 90 which is solid tuition for a year is
about 8 000 and then when it gets to housing that's
where they really shine the median home list price is about 187
000 which means your mortgage down payment is going to be somewhere around
37. all in all it's a good state and things
are looking good post-pandemic for the state of missouri number two
mississippi as you can imagine i almost fell out of my chair when i realized
mississippi was on a positive video i really shouldn't have been that
surprised earlier this year we came to find out that the magnolia state has one
of the top five education systems in the country
yeah it's a great place for middle class that's one of the top things the middle
class is looking for good schools that's why i keep bringing
up how cheap it is to go to a university in some of these states it's very
important to the middle class the five year change in
middle class income households is 6.78 that's i think the best on this list
it's phenomenal they're actually gaining money but you know really they
were so low on the totem pole when it came to
earnings like for the last 20 30 years this isn't as big a step as it sounds
they're finally catching up with people but it's still solid the high school
graduation rate is right about 91 percent
the in-state tuition for 2019 is about 8 500 now here's one of the finer points
of mississippi it's got some of the cheapest real estate in the country the
median home list price is 185 000
that means you need right around 37 000 for your down payment
which is good the average monthly mortgage payment in mississippi
is only 814 dollars and homeownership rate is 73.7 percent
good numbers and number one indiana at number one we have the
hoosier state indiana indiana is leading the nation in
manufacturing job growth right now they have for the last three years
they have jobs and they're going to have more in the future
just stay out of indianapolis and you'll be fine try fort wayne
that's a city that's growing and slowly becoming a hot spot for blue-collar
millennials yeah they're all heading there it's a
great place for families indiana has some great stats the five-year change in
middle-class income household is increased by 1.51
not the best on this list but solid their high school graduation rate is 87
and the in-state tuition is about 9 500 that's not bad at all
now some of the good things are the median home list price
is about 190 000 that means you need roughly 38
000 for your down payment the average monthly mortgage payment
in indiana is 833 and 73 of the population actually own
their home this is a great place for the middle
class especially in you know post-pandemic days it'll be
phenomenal all right that's today's video if you
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