More 30-Somethings Staying in Parents’ Homes Amid Housing Crunch
The report says housing costs, not jobs, are keeping many young adults at home, with 7 in 10 adults ages 25 to 34 employed.
- A new Realtor.com report released Thursday found that 25.2 million adults under 35 live with their parents, representing a 33.0% co-residence rate near the 2020 record high of 33.6%.
- Senior Economist Hannah Jones at Realtor.com attributed high co-residence rates to housing costs rather than joblessness, with median home prices at $430,000 and rents at $1,673. "This is a supply story, not an employment story," Jones said.
- Most young adults living with parents are employed; approximately 70% of those aged 25 to 34 work, while 26.8% of 30- to 34-year-olds hold a bachelor's degree, countering stereotypes about the group.
- Delayed household formation creates cascading effects; the typical first-time home buyer is now 40 years old. Jones noted, "Every adult still in a childhood bedroom is a household not formed, a lease unsigned, a starter home unpurchased."
- The United States faces a deficit of approximately 4 million homes, a gap that has widened since the 2008 financial crisis, creating persistent upward pressure on housing costs for young adults.
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The New York LedgerOne in three adults under 35 lives with parents as housing costs soar, data shows
The empty nest is filling back up.Millions of young adults are delaying life on their own as high housing costs keep them living with mom and dad. In 2025, 25.2 million adults under 35 lived with a parent, according to new data from Realtor.com. That amounts to roughly one in three people in that age group.The numbers point to a housing market that remains difficult to break into, even for young adults with jobs and college degrees, the outlet r…
Record Number of Adults Under 35 Live With Parents as Housing Costs Soar
The empty nest is officially filling back up across the United States. Millions of young adults are delaying independent living as high housing costs keep them under their parents’ roofs. In 2025, an astonishing 25.2 million adults under the age of 35 lived with a parent, according to new data released by Realtor.com. This massive...
More 30-somethings staying in parents’ homes amid housing crunch
More young adults are living with their parents, according to a new report from Realtor.com.The report, released Thursday, found that one in three adults younger than 35 live with their parents near an all-time high. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 33.9% of young adults lived at home.Realtor.com said affordable housing not a lack of jobs is a major factor. Seven in 10 adults ages 25 to 34 who live at home are employed, the re…
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Star LocalThe Empty Nest Is on Hold: 1 in 3 Adults Under 35 Lives With Their Parents, Realtor.com® Finds
/PRNewswire/ -- A record 25.2 million adults under 35 lived with their parents in 2025, surpassing even the pandemic peak, as housing costs continue to price...
Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says
Data shows that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditions A record number of the US’s young adults were living with their parents last year, according to new data from Realtor.com, as high housing costs pushed the milestone of independent living out of reach. A third of young adults between the ages of 25 and 35 – 25.2 million people – were living with their parents in 2025. Of those, 70% ha…
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