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% had jobs, and many held college degrees, highlighting that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditions.
Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/18/us-adults-under-35-living-at-home
20 Comments
brem@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 45d
My best & oldest friend died of a brain aneurysm in his parents basement a few months ago.
Not young, but not old. 43.
So at least those of you who didn't get kicked out have that to look forward to.
halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 45d
Really sorry for your loss. Hope you're hanging in there.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 43d
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm never kicking my kids out, I don't look fondly on parents that do.
DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 43d
I have always felt this way but I have known some people who did awful things to their parents stealing almost anything of value for their substance abuse issues and stuff like that.
I want to say I'd never kick my kids out but if theu grew into people like that then I wouldn't see any other choice.
whatsisface@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 45d
"live at home"
You don't say?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 45d
What's funny is that my brain added "with parents" on its own, probably because it already knew that was the most likely.
TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 44d
This phrasing has always confused me. In college, I'd often get asked "are you going home for the summer?" and I'd respond, "I'm staying home for the summer"
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 20 pts · 45d
I don't know why we ever thought 2 people needed 2000 sqft in the first place. Before the postwar/boomer era, houses were more often multi-family, or at minimum, homesteads were multifamily. I think single family housing has only exacerbated the loneliness pandemic. I’m glad to see we’ve been reversing course, even if the leading factors aren’t ideal.
yakko@feddit.uk · 24 pts · 45d
It became common to leave home and live on your own because wages were high enough to support it. If wages had kept parity with productivity and houses weren't turned into a speculative financial instrument, people would live where the hell they pleased.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 17 pts · 45d
It's almost like the intentional wage stagnation to maximize shareholder value is a primary root cause of basically everything being fucked up over the last 50+ years.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 43d
It's a symptom of the fact that US manufacturing has declined so hard over the past 70 years. One of our biggest exports is petrol products. As governments across the world race to implement renewable infrastructure, that industry will decline as well. Instead of extracting value out of tangible goods, the investor class has had to move to extracting wealth from predatory bullshit and the necessities required for life. This is on top of the wage stagnation and oppression of labor. The US is cooked.
TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 44d
The Epstein class sure seems to like it.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 5 pts · 45d
I want to live in an old farm with multiple buildings. With friends. Communal spaces like workshop, garden, whatever. But: Everybody gets their own space. Fuck being lonely, but fuck being too close as well.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 45d
It’s simple
Revolution is inevitable in a system that betrays its constituents
sudoshakes@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 43d
The overlap of people who have the conviction and experience of fighting from the tree line at 3AM and the people that share this sentiment contains very little overlap.
I wouldn’t be so confident in inevitable.
justlemmyin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 45d
Living From Home...
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 44d
And the rest are splitting rent with 3 roommates... my younger coworkers are fucked
x00z@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 45d
Buying is extremely expensive and renting is a waste of money.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 42d
It gets wierd as you get older. My wifes friend who is upper 50's lives in the home of this even older guy who is gone mostly and has rent he will not be able to get anywhere else. Something like 200 bucks. That guy passes away and he is screwed. My wife and are are emptying savings and don't even want to contemplate when we will lose our place unless I find a job. I think there is a large amount of people somehow magically just barely keeping themselves off the streets and once it breaks its going to be crazy.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 45d
"Living off dad as long as you can and blending in with the crowd. My generation should be proud!" - Todd Snider (RIP).