GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Are you in the Piedmont Triad’s middle class?
What does the data say?
The data, from the Pew Research Center , is based on the hypothetical annual income of a single person living in the Greensboro-High Point area.
The minimum income that a single person must make to be considered middle class is $25,149 and the maximum income is $75,444.
About 52% of the Triad falls into that middle-income range. That places the Triad in lockstep with the rest of the United States where 52% of the population also resides in the middle-income range.
About 16% of the Triad is considered to be upper class. That is smaller than the national percentage of 19%.
Oppositely, 32% of the Triad falls into the lower-income range. That is higher than the national percentage of 29%.
The cost of living in the Triad is also considerably lower than in many major cities.
For example, if a person living in San Franciso with an income of $40,000 wanted to move to Winston-Salem, they would only need to make $21,941 to maintain the same standard of living they had in San Francisco, according to Forbes . That’s because the cost of living is 82% lower in Winston-Salem than it is in San Francisco.