Poll: Many Mass. families think they're middle class — but say it's a struggle to make ends meet

Poll: Many Mass. families think they're middle class — but say it's a struggle to make ends meet

Faced with rising costs on everything from gas prices to housing, to healthcare and childcare, a growing number of Massachusetts residents say they struggle to afford a middle class life, and feel insecure about their financial futures.

In Mass., the middle class is holding on, but financial anxiety continues to climb

FOR MANY RESIDENTS, the Bay State has a “good on paper” problem. Massachusetts is well-educated, well-insured, well-employed, and relatively prosperous. It is also very expensive. People here can have a nice life – if they can afford it. In a new poll on the middle class, Massachusetts residents report financial anxiety, driven by a cost of living that feels difficult to manage even for people who say they have relatively good standards of livin…