Mortgage applications for housing in rural areas have surged, driven by the growing popularity of off-grid living.

Americans living in rural areas are also highly optimistic about the possibility of upward mobility. An overwhelming majority of Americans today — 68 percent — agree that hard work can lead to ...

Part of the problem is that people living in rural areas don't always have easy access to health care. cstar55/iStock via Getty Images Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live ...

Many city folk can't imagine living in very rural areas, but there are opportunities and advantages to living in the country, like fewer distractions and a lower cost of living. The Simple Dollar ...

Rural towns offer cash and perks to attract new residents via Make My Move, a site connecting city dwellers with relocation incentives.

The fates of rural and urban Americans are intimately intertwined. Rural communities account for a significant portion of the U.S. population and economy. Approximately one-fifth of Americans live ...

Rural areas aren’t always the bucolic utopias that city dwellers envision them to be, explains Boudicca - Rii Schroer/John Lawrence In the classic fable of the country mouse and the town mouse ...

Built in 1939, the home is situated within Richardson’s iconic and highly sought-after Canyon Creek neighborhood. Exemplary Plano schools and an unbeatable location near shopping, medical, and ...

But age-adjusted CV mortality rates increased 1% per year among younger adults living in rural areas; this was not observed among younger urban-living adults or older subgroups.

More than 1 in 5 older Americans live in rural areas. Many of those older populations are concentrated in states where more than half of that demographic lives in rural areas.