
08/25/2025
A Summary of Recent Research on Paycheck-to-Paycheck Living
Combined 37% of Illinois and 52% of Vermilion County households fell below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in 2023, up 5% since 2021. ALICE households bring in less than the basic costs of housing, childcare, food, transportation, health care and technology, plus taxes. Yet because their...