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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
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