More 30-Somethings Staying in Parents’ Homes Amid Housing Crunch
Affordable housing, not unemployment, is driving the trend as 25 million adults living with parents represent latent housing demand, Realtor.com said.
- On Thursday, Realtor.com released a report finding that one in three adults younger than 35 live with their parents, reaching near an all-time high of 33.0% in 2025.
- Hannah Jones, senior economist at Realtor.com, identified affordable housing—not employment—as the primary driver; listing prices have risen 34% since the COVID-19 pandemic, making independent living financially out of reach.
- Nearly 69% of 30- to 34-year-olds living at home are employed, and about 1 in 3 aged 25 to 29 holds a four-year degree, contradicting stereotypes about joblessness or lack of qualifications.
- Every year spent living at home rather than building equity in a first home represents lost wealth accumulation for American families, undermining a key vehicle for generational wealth building.
- Twenty-Five million adults living with their parents represent a significant pool of latent housing demand the market has failed to absorb, indicating persistent structural housing shortages will continue pressuring young adults.
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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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