Originally Posted by ultramarina
It's interesting how they define low-income. 60K for a family of 4 isn't really low-income in the US. Among applicants to elite colleges, I'm sure it's down there--but I think median income for a family of 4 is about 50-55K.

50-50k in a place like NY city would be very low income.

Off topic: interesting article as to what is the middle class.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565/

"A 2008 Pew poll found that 40% of Americans with incomes below $20,000 – roughly equivalent to the poverty line – described themselves as middle class. -third with incomes above $150,000 said they're middle class, too."