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What information is missing from a median household-income statistic alone?

Whether the midpoint refers to an equally weighted set of households
Whether nominal income was converted to a common year’s dollars
Whether survey respondents were drawn from all eligible neighborhoods
How income is distributed above and below the median

Whether the midpoint refers to an equally weighted set of households
Whether nominal income was converted to a common year's dollars
Whether survey respondents were drawn from all eligible neighborhoods
How income is distributed above and below the median

Note

A median income statistic cannot by itself describe the full spread of New Jersey household incomes.

The median locates the midpoint but says little about dispersion or the tails. Two states can have identical median household income while differing greatly in poverty, wealth concentration, and housing costs. Quantile ranges, inequality measures, and cost-of-living information add detail beyond the median.

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