National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

Document Type

Report

Abstract

In the United States, moving out of the parental home to establish an independent household is a key milestone in the transition to adulthood. However, today's young adults are less likely to be married or have children compared to those in the early 1990s (Minkin, Parker, Horowitz, & Aragão, 2024). Consequently, the past decade has seen a continued rise in the number of young adults living with their parents (Loo, 2024) alongside an increase in those who are cohabiting (Manning & Loo, 2024). There has been comparatively less focus on single young adults who live independently, whether alone, with siblings, or with roommates. Using data from the U.S. Census and American Community Survey we provide an update to a previous profile (Schweizer & Payne, 2018) with data from 2022. This update focuses on young adults aged 18 to 29 living alone or with a sibling or roommate. Young adults living with a parent, grandparent, spouse, or cohabiting partner are excluded from these analyses. For information on older adults living with siblings and roommates, see the companion profile "Living with a Sibling or Roommate in Older Adulthood, 2022” (FP-24-17).

Publication Date

2024

Publisher

National Center for Family and Marriage Research

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