Middle American

Average US citizen

Middle American describes someone or something from the central United States or from the American middle class—often implying conventional, mainstream values.

The term can be geographic Middle American states like Kansas and Nebraska or cultural Middle American tastes in entertainment.

It sometimes carries a faint condescension, suggesting provincial or unsophisticated attitudes.

Middle America is the region or demographic so characterized.

heartland

cornfields

Cultivated grain expanses

prairie · rural · pastoral · plains · harvest · barns · silos · tractors · countryside · fertile

demographic

median

Central sorted value

moderate · suburban · homeowner · taxpayer · consumer · voter · bellwether · ordinary · everyday · regular

values

family

Related people together

morality · self-reliance · community · faith · church · flag · decency · modesty · respectability · neighborliness

suburban

cul-de-sac

Street closed at end

HOA · sidewalks · playground · minivan · zoning · public-school · townhouse

stereotypical

cornfed

Fattened on maize

drive-in · homecoming · prom · cheerleader · quarterback · grillmaster · blue-collar · old-fashioned · flag-waving · church-going

Categories
Opposites
geographic-cultural region

Middle Americancoastal elite

Privileged urban seaboard residents

New Yorker · Californian · San Franciscan · Northeastern · bicoastal

socioeconomic class and cultural elite status

Middle Americancoastal elite

Privileged urban seaboard residents

liberal elite · Ivy Leaguer · intelligentsia · jet setter · limousine liberal

political-cultural values

Middle Americanliberal elite

Affluent, educated leftist influencers

progressive · countercultural · bohemian · counterculture · globalist

Family

middle, America, American, Americans, Americanism, Americanize, Americanization, midway, midpoint

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G