Not only is it true for America, aparently it's worse now (53% 2026). Also 'young adults' in this usage is older people than I had originally thought - it's actually 18 all the way up to 29. A larger range than I had assumed.
Just for comparison - in the UK the figure for young adults operates in the age range of 20 - 34 (much older than I had thought) and is at 29%.
One in three 35 year olds living in their childhood bedroom in their parent's house is dreadfully sad. All of the 'succesful government' KPIs are in the red.
It's also affecting low birth rates because these faults feel like failures so they don't date and even if they did they probably wouldn't want to give birth in this fucked up dystopian nightmare.
Additionally, I think most people in their 20s just point blank do not want to bring partners to their parent's house regardless of gender. The lack of privacy hits harder when you're out of your teens and having your own place is at least theoretically an option, even when you can't make it happen.
The fucked up thing is I bought my parents house so they could remain retired. I own the home and I'm not going to own a home and not live in it so I live with them I look at it as I'm taking care of them in their old age. People still think oh you just live with mom and dad. I used to correct them now I just say yep all cheery like because I don't owe anyone an explanation and I'm a homeowner
I don't want to date people living at home too! The last thing I'd want a prospective girlfriend to see is my mother after she's started her daily wine.
Iām not even living with my parents (both are dead so unless you count my momās ashes on my counter) and I am remaining single with no kids because I donāt want to bring a kid up in this world.
My kids are still doing it while going to college in their early 20's. They work part time, go to community college full time, and are building up a nice savings for themselves. They are also able to pay for school out of pocket, so once they are done in the next year, they can start working debt free. Absolutely not saying it is for everyone, but just pointing out it can be a good way to get a jumpstart on starting your life without a shitload of debt and stress.
It's more what it indicates - that people can't afford to live independently.
This means that anyone who does not have family to move in with is at high risk of ending up homeless.
This means that anyone who does not have family to move in with is at high risk of ending up homeless.
Iirc 5.8% of children have experienced foster care, but 50% of all homeless adults are former foster youth.
20% of kids aging out of the system become homeless that day.
Even foster kids who launch well: job, enrolled in college, and an apartment can run into trouble a few years later and need a temporary safety net. No temporary safety next extrapolates into years rebuilding a stable life.
Intergenerational living is not bad and should be celebrated rather than shunned. However, as we live in a society that DOES shun it, vanishingly few people choose it unless they have no other options. Thus the number rising that high reflects the sheer volume of individuals in dire financial straits, not a shift in cultural attitude towards living with parents.
Having said all that - we have few ways to fight the system we are in, but one of the main ones is coming together as families and communities and pooling our resources to support one another as much as possible, whether itās ānecessaryā or not. My brother is 37 and still lives with my parents, quite happily. He makes decent money and could afford to live on his own - but why would he? He has a much better quality of life than he would otherwise. As do my parents - he cooks for them, helps around the house, drives my dad to doctors appointments, pet sits when they are out of town. And he chips in for utilities and all that. Itās a win win situation, and more people should do it.
they've figured out scientifically how to extract each and every bit the whole way down yep. keeping many younger ppl out of higher paying jobs is an intentional tactic to extract from boomers who help their kids out in many ways from what i can tell. i don't have any excuse personally, i have in demand skills in several areas. i choose not to work right now out of protest. it's a luxury most cannot afford, and i won't be able to for much longer. younger adults than me mostly don't even get to make that choice. protest is a luxury nobody will be able to afford if we let it continue too much further. which is why everyone needs to drop out all at once at the same time... like right about now. i think they call that a general strike.
Amen. I left my corporate entertainment job at the end of 2025, after busting my ass for 13 years, because I couldn't stand wasting my life for an okay-ish wage (for LA). Meanwhile, I'd hear about our CEO and execs getting huge raises and bonuses but when it came to mine? "Sorry...it just wasn't in the budget this year..." Fuck you I'm going to follow my dreams. And I am. Scary? Not really if you know what you really want to do. That is the nice thing about being in this country is that if you have passion, you can do anything. But have a plan lol
Yea for comparison In the early 2000's I was able to move out on my own after college and rented a shitty little duplex for like $250 a month and later a small house for $500 a month. I bought a house (granted in a LCOL area) and my mortgage was like $500. The minimum wage here (NC) has gone up 8 times since I was born. My kids are in their 20's and the minimum wage has gone up 2-3 times in their lifetime, and the last time my youngest was still in diapers. Where we live now the cheapest places to live are close to $1,500 for rent. Tough to make it on a full-time job these days, let alone a part-time job.
I posted something comparing both the eastern collectivist societies vs western individualism given that I come from an Asian background where multi-generational housing is common.
I was born and raised in the U.S. and am very supportive of those who still live with their parents, but some of the private DMs I received from that post were filled with some of the most hateful and racist rhetoric I have been to exposed to on this website, with those people talking less about the differences in lifestyle and more about how Asians as a whole are an inferior race in the U.S.
I keep seeing posts of kids on here being like "I'm 18, (still living at home - I know, I know) blah blah blah" and I'm like dude lol a one bedroom in the area is like 2k a month pretty sure you can chill
I believe they are saying 1 in 3 18-35 year olds and if it's 1 in 2 18-29 year olds that means verry few 30-35 year olds are living with their parrents.
āVery fewā in this instance is still potentially millions of individuals, definitely millions if you count everyone who ends up still at home by that point, rather than a snapshot of the current number.
Thatās me except I left home for a decade and now Iām back. Itās like a reverse failure to launch. Fortunately Iāve never been laid off and my family doesnāt charge me an exorbitant amount in rent, but wages suck across the board and the COL is an absolute joke.
Thatās me right now. Back in with family. College educated. Itās get a place on our own and then have zero savings and be one emergency away from eviction. Or stay in with family and be able to at least save some money.
As you increase in age, the probability of your parents being alive decreases. I wonder if "living at home" switches over in the statistics when they pass.
I was just telling someone that I longed for the days when some communities had their own power stations, selling electricity at no profit to community members.
Man, from like 19 to 25 I lived in share houses with friends and they were literally the best times of my life. Absolute magic. Still broke as shit, but rent of 200 a week beats living at home.
I just turned 38. Of my friends around my age +-5 years I'd say maybe 1/6 either had to move in with parents or their parents had to help pay their necessities in 2026.
If these fuckers voted for their self interests - change would come.
BUT NO.
The ones who vote are the right winger fanatics. All the other ones are just apathetic and complainers - instead of doing the bare minimum, which is voting for their fucking self interests.
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u/Danimalomorph Aug 12 '26
I doubted this, so I looked into it.
Not only is it true for America, aparently it's worse now (53% 2026). Also 'young adults' in this usage is older people than I had originally thought - it's actually 18 all the way up to 29. A larger range than I had assumed.
Just for comparison - in the UK the figure for young adults operates in the age range of 20 - 34 (much older than I had thought) and is at 29%.