Housing marketDEVELOPING
Salinas’s American dream remains out of reach despite its agricultural wealth
Salinas, the California city that inspired John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, has been identified by Brookings as the least affordable US city for the middle class. Nearly 60% of local middle-class households cannot afford basic necessities.
- Brookings identified Salinas as the least affordable US city for the middle class.
- Nearly 60% of local middle-class households cannot afford basic necessities.
1 sources50% confidence
