These 5 Charts Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Philly’s Shrinking Middle Class
It's not pretty.
The indispensable PEW Charitable Trusts have released a big report on the decline of the middle class in Philadelphia. Here are five charts to help you make sense of the findings.
The Timeline
The Map
The Comparison
The Harrowing Reminder of the Post-Industrial Decline and Subsequent Financialization of the US Economy
The Big Picture
All that said, Pew notes that these decades-long trend lines are actually beginning to stabilize. So there’s your silver lining.
