rural america

If you’re looking to make some extra cash this summer and live in a rural area, you may want to consider renting out a room or your entire home.

According to census data, the divorce rate in rural Americans has increased seven-fold since 1970. Now, for the first time, rural Americans are just as likely as city dwellers to have a marriage end in a divorce. Experts attribute this explosion in divorce in America's heartland to changing values; divorce is no longer as stigmatized as it once was.