After covering taxes and essential expenses, the disposable income that is left impacts a household’s ability to save, invest or stay afloat. But high prices of housing, food, childcare and more ...

Note: USDA defines disposable income as the amount of money U.S. consumers have left to spend or save after paying taxes; Data: USDA; Chart: Axios Visuals Americans are spending more than 11% of ...

(NewsNation) — Disposable income — or, what’s left after you’ve paid all your necessities for the month, including bills, gas and food — is increasingly hard to come by for many American households.

The researchers found that just 18% of all counties have a median income higher than the cost to maintain a small family. Out ...