Nearly Half of All Young Adults Live With Mom and Dad — and They Like It
The share of people in the US ages 18 to 29 who are living with family is at roughly the same level as in the 1940s.
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, and securing a tech job, Lillian Zhang chose to move back home rather than “throw away” her paychecks on an apartment.
Photographer: Michaela Vatcheva/Bloomberg
Nearly half of all young adults are living with their parents — and they’re not ashamed to say it.
Moving out and living on your own is often seen as a marker of adulthood. But dealt an onerous set of cards — including pandemic lockdowns, decades-high inflation, soaring student debt levels and a shaky job market — young people today are increasingly staying put. What’s more, it’s no longer seen as a sign of individual failure.