Average income of the average Mormon?

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[_moksha]

The average wage earned in Utah has traditionally been lower from the Church's anti-labor and pro-management position.

[_DonBradley]

I don't know.

However, two things that I have read come to mind:

First, studies show that Mormons are statistically much less likely to live in poverty than are members of the non-Mormon population. (Indeed, the sociologists who wrote On Being Poor in Utah concluded that Mormonism as a whole functioned on the economic level as "an anti-poverty program.)

Second, Utah is the most economically egalitarian state in the Union. Variations in wealth are less extreme here in Zion than they are anywhere else.

Together, these observations lead to another, which should be quite uncontroversial: Mormonism tends to make its adherents middle class, not poor, not truly wealthy, but solidly middle class.

Don

[_SatanWasSetUp]

I don't know, but I had a Gospel Doctrine teacher once say that Mormons are rich, and the reason Mormons are rich is because we pay tithing. You gotta love Gospel Doctrine teachers.

[_harmony]

I don't know.

However, two things that I have read come to mind:

First, studies show that Mormons are statistically much less likely to live in poverty than are members of the non-Mormon population. (Indeed, the sociologists who wrote On Being Poor in Utah concluded that Mormonism as a whole functioned on the economic level as "an anti-poverty program.)

Second, Utah is the most economically egalitarian state in the Union. Variations in wealth are less extreme here in Zion than they are anywhere else.

Together, these observations lead to another, which should be quite uncontroversial: Mormonism tends to make its adherents middle class, not poor, not truly wealthy, but solidly middle class.

Don

Except for the bankruptcies. Can one be solidly middle class and be bankrupt?

[_the road to hana]

I don't know.

However, two things that I have read come to mind:

First, studies show that Mormons are statistically much less likely to live in poverty than are members of the non-Mormon population. (Indeed, the sociologists who wrote On Being Poor in Utah concluded that Mormonism as a whole functioned on the economic level as "an anti-poverty program.)

Second, Utah is the most economically egalitarian state in the Union. Variations in wealth are less extreme here in Zion than they are anywhere else.

Together, these observations lead to another, which should be quite uncontroversial: Mormonism tends to make its adherents middle class, not poor, not truly wealthy, but solidly middle class.

Don

Except for the bankruptcies. Can one be solidly middle class and be bankrupt?

I think there's plenty of poverty in Mormonism, and not just in third-world countries. There's plenty of wealth, including great wealth, in Mormonism, too. I think that the latter has a tendency to offset the former when trying to determine an "average" LDS household income.

[_Trinity]

We can only speculate on this one. Surely the Mormons would make more money because the Holy Ghost makes them both smarter and more productive. That's got to count for something in the money-making world.

Here is the demographic for my neck of the woods:

Household median income $88,342
Population 9,204
Households 2,189
Average market value of home $667,628
Average listing price of home $1,163,622
Racial makeup 97% white
Religion 94% LDS (this number provided in a discussion with the former mayor)

[_the road to hana]

We can only speculate on this one. Surely the Mormons would make more money because the Holy Ghost makes them both smarter and more productive. That's got to count for something in the money-making world.

Here is the demographic for my neck of the woods:

Household median income $88,342
Population 9,204
Households 2,189
Average market value of home $667,628
Average listing price of home $1,163,622
Racial makeup 97% white
Religion 94% LDS (this number provided in a discussion with the former mayor)

So those median tithepayers in your neck of the woods would be paying over $8000 a year in tithing. If you assume that 1500 households in your community pay tithes to the LDS Church, that could amount to significant tithing revenue being generated just in your local area.

[_charity]

We can only speculate on this one. Surely the Mormons would make more money because the Holy Ghost makes them both smarter and more productive. That's got to count for something in the money-making world.

Here is the demographic for my neck of the woods:

Household median income $88,342
Population 9,204
Households 2,189
Average market value of home $667,628
Average listing price of home $1,163,622
Racial makeup 97% white
Religion 94% LDS (this number provided in a discussion with the former mayor)

Your woods are a lot more posh than mine. Our average home price is $250,000. And about half our ward lives in apartments.

[_RebelYell]

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