Top 10 States for the Middle Class - YouTube

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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