| [I must be out of touch but where are all these people with a family income of $40 K? I have a fairly wide range of friends, siblings, etc. that make up my experience. They are not all doctors or lawyers -- included are high-school teachers, electricians, nurses, federal employees, policemen, and auto workers. They are all way above the $40k figure.]
I have a residence in a town where the median household income is about $80K and another residence in a city where the median household income is less than $40K. Differences are night and day. Levels of crime in the city are off the scale compared to the town. Building are drab, vehicles much older and smaller and families struggle.
I imagine browsing city statistics on Wikipedia for random places will find you cities and towns where median household is low. |