As early as 2010, 43% of all poor households owned their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio. Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. The typical poor American has more living space than the average non-poor individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. Ninety-seven percent of poor households have one or more color televisions — half of which are connected to cable, satellite or a streaming service. Some 82% of poor families have one or more smartphones. Eighty-nine percent own microwave ovens and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher. Most poor families have a car or truck and 43% own two or more vehicles. —Walter Williams
1267: Walter Williams – The Poor are Getting Richer

https://www.deseret.com/2007/10/31/20050495/walter-e-williams-great-place-to-be-poor-is-u-s-where-poverty-is-mostly-self-inflicted
https://triblive.com/opinion/walter-williams-some-facts-worth-knowing-on-the-rich-and-the-poor/