God And Mammon: An Exploration Between Income, Religion

The group that is the most likely to attend services are not the poor, nor the wealthy. Instead, it’s people who are smack in the middle of the income distribution. This analysis points to the following conclusion: The people who are the most likely to attend services this weekend are those with college degrees making $60K-$100K. In other words, middle class professionals. Yeah, it’s not as simple as saying, “Rich people go to church.” Or “poor people are filling the pews.” It’s really middle class folks that are the most likely to make it to a house of worship this weekend. I wanted to take a deeper look at that though — the income part, at least.