It has been a while since we updated the Tchotchke Index—a measure of our economic wellbeing. The more Americans are willing to spend on tch...

The number of Americans employed at book stores and news dealers fell 41 percent between 2004 and 2014, from 151,100 to 89,600—a loss of mor...

Men's incomes are declining in part because fewer hold long-term jobs. This is especially true for men aged 45 to 54, typically the nati...

College enrollment has declined for the second year in a row, according to the Census Bureau. In the fall of 2013, the nation's two-year...

The median age at first marriage is at a record high for both men and women. To find out why, Pew Research Center surveyed Americans about t...

The percentage of Americans who are obese has soared over the past 50 years, according to height and weight measurements collected by the fe...

A study of the upward mobility of Generation X reveals contradictory trends. Although the incomes of Gen Xers are higher than their parents,...

The number of households in the United States grew by a tiny 0.4 percent between 2013 and 2014, according to the Census Bureau's Current...

Median household income peaks in the 45-to-54 age group, but the peak is smaller today than it once was because of the staggering decline in...

The number of households in the United States increased by a tiny 0.4 percent between 2013 and 2014, according to the Census Bureau's la...

The $51,939 median household income of 2013 was not significantly different from the $51,758 of 2012, after adjusting for inflation. This is...

The Northeast is the only region in which average household spending in 2013 exceeded spending in 2006 (the peak spending year, nationally),...

As boomers age into their sixties and beyond, most still live in suburban and rural areas designed for younger adults in their physical prim...

Average household spending fell 8.6 percent between 2006 (the peak year) and 2013, after adjusting for inflation—from $55,926 to $51,100. Ac...

Average household spending peaked in 2006, just prior to the Great Recession, and has yet to recover. In 2013, the average household spent j...

Renters aren't becoming homeowners like they once did. Is that because they don't want to own a home or because they can't affor...

Median household income inched up to $54,045 in July 2014, according to Sentier Research. This was a statistically insignificant $105 more t...

Bad news: Americans are still reeling from the Great Recession, according to the latest findings from the Survey of Consumer Finances. Media...

Median annual earnings of 20-to-24-year-olds who are not in school, by highest level of educational attainment, 2000 and 2012 (in 2012 dolla...

Only 29 percent of the 569,000 new single-family homes completed in 2013 included a basement. Basements are uncommon in new homes because mo...