According to the 2017 estimate by the Census Bureau, the median household income in the United States is $57,652, while the mean income is $81,283.

What causes such a difference in the figures? Which type of average better describes the income of the typical American household?

Find another data set where there is a disparity between the median, mean, and/or mode. Provide a reference to the data, and discuss why the differences between these three descriptions of the data exist.