Amid a national rent-affordability crisis, we aimed to analyze how much middle-class renters on a budget pay their monthly rent per state. For starters, it helps to define the “middle class.” Per the ...

According to TIME, half of all renters in the U.S. were cost burdened in 2022. They were spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Further, over 12 million people in the U.S. were spending at ...

We don’t hear quite as much about the 30% rule now as we used to, but it’s still a recommended way of financial planning. The rule is simple: Spend no more than 30% of your monthly income on your ...