The 9 Least Affordable States For The Middle Class

Times Are Hard For The Middle Class In Montana

I don't need to tell you that in Montana, things have been pretty hard for regular old-born-and-die-under-the-big-sky Montana folks.

The elite have managed to buy our state out from under us. A prime example of that would be the Covid Pandemic of 2020. The elite decided Montana was "neat" and a "great place to work from home" so they decided to pay OVER market value for homes (because that's still a super cheap price compared to where they came from) then tell all of their rich, entitled friends to do the same. And they did.

I'm making decent money, and I can barely afford more than when I was making the literal starvation wages I was being paid when I came over here in 2017.

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Turns Out, It's Not Just Montana With Middle Class Issues

All over America, people are being priced out of their home states. A survey from Go Banking Rates shows there is a state or 2 where being middle class doesn't even give you enough money to get by. The rest of these states, you're making enough to probably eat, sleep indoors and gas up your car so you can go to work.

The Top 9 States Where The American Middle Class Are Leaving

From Go Banking Rates:

Alaska

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Minimum middle-class income: $73,735
Average mortgage payment: $2,145
Annual cost of living: $58,036

California

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Minimum middle-class income: $87,145
Average mortgage payment: $4,553
Annual cost of living: $84,385

Hawaii

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Minimum middle-class income: $81,935
Average mortgage payment: $5,617
Annual cost of living: $100,640

Idaho

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Minimum middle-class income: $61,853
Average mortgage payment: $2,611
Annual cost of living: $55,184

Maine

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Minimum middle-class income: $61,066
Average mortgage payment: $2,312
Annual cost of living: $54,053

Montana

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Minimum middle-class income: $60,095
Average mortgage payment: $2,674
Annual cost of living: $56,422

Interesting to note, Go Banking Rates said this about Montana: "...monthly mortgage costs and the total monthly cost of living are over $600 a month higher than the national average — and could increase. "