Affordability gap for Black and Hispanic/Latino households remains wide Multimedia: 2024 Housing Affordability by Ethnicity motiongraphic LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Buying a home in California became less affordable for all ethnic groups last year, as interest rates remained elevated and the typical…
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STUDY: EXTREME HEAT MAY SPEED UP AGING IN OLDER ADULTS
A new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology study suggests greater exposure to extreme heat may accelerate biological aging in older adults, raising new concerns about how climate change and heat waves could affect long-term health and aging at the…
Americans Are Dissatisfied with Direction of Country
Americans are dissatisfied with conditions in the United States, this according to an annual Gallup survey that was conducted just before President Trump returned to the Oval Office. When Trump took office last month, pessimism was at a low, averaging…
More People Moved Back Home at Height of Pandemic
People move all the time but at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing share of movers returned to their state of birth, a shift that began before the pandemic and gained even more traction at its peak. From…
Rising Home Equity Boosted Household Wealth During Pandemic
The median net worth of U.S. households increased about $40,000 from 2019 to 2022, primarily due to rising home equity during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), median household net worth…
Study Finds Deviled Eggs Are the Most Popular Side Dish at Christmas
Ahead of the Christmas Holiday, Jeffbet investigated to find out which side dish is most popular among Americans. Looking at 63 side dishes, and looking at searches for recipes for the past 12 months. The average number of monthly searches…
Nearly All U.S. Counties Had More Homeowners Than Renters
The number of owner-occupied housing units increased by 8.4%, from 76.4 million in 2014-2018 to 82.9 million in 2019-2023, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. The 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates show that more people owned…
Hurricane Helene’s Impact on the Socially Vulnerable in North Carolina
About 577,000 people (20.2%) living in the 27 counties in North Carolina under a major disaster declaration after Hurricane Helene had high social vulnerability to disasters, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates (CRE). Those areas and one tribal area…
Harris Economic Plan Appeals Across Party Lines
Vice President Kamala Harris formerly accepted the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States last night, and her economic policy agenda announced last week is largely popular among Americans. The platform focuses on cutting the cost of living: primarily…
How Many Young and Older Adults Lived Alone?
Almost 1 in 10 young adults ages 18-34 and nearly 3 in 10 adults 65 or older lived alone in 2022, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. Among 25- to 34-year-olds, a larger share of women (43%) than men…