Listening to Music differs between Rich and Poor: Research

Poorer, less-educated people like musical genres such as disco, golden oldies, heavy metal and rap while their wealthier and better-educated peers prefer classical, jazz, opera, pop and rock, scientists have found.

Social class continues to inform our cultural attitudes and the way we listen to music, researchers said.
"Breadth of taste is not linked to class. But class filters into specific likes and dislikes," said Gerry Veenstra, study author and professor at University of British Columbia (UBC)'s Department of Sociology.